ABSTRACT
For undergraduate courses in Social Stratification, Race, Class, and Gender, and Introduction to Gender Studies. Using a concise and easy-to-understand style, this text provides an integrated approach to the implications of social class, race and ethnicity, and gender-explaining how each relates to economic, social, and political inequality.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |42 pages
The Nature of Inequality and Stratification
chapter |24 pages
Inequality and Social Stratification
chapter |17 pages
Theoretical Approaches to Social Stratification
part |54 pages
Stratification in Industrial Societies
chapter |24 pages
Industrial Class Systems
chapter |29 pages
Institutionalizing and Legitimizing Stratification
part |67 pages
Patterns of Inequality
chapter |22 pages
The Dynamics of Economic Inequality
chapter |20 pages
Social Evaluations and Social Relations
chapter |24 pages
The Shape of Political Power and Influence
part |57 pages
Experiencing Social Stratification
chapter |22 pages
Class, Race, Gender, and Life Chances
chapter |19 pages
Class and Lifestyles
chapter |15 pages
Class Consciousness
part |21 pages
Inheritance and Mobility