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Product Identifiers
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1483373975
ISBN-13
9781483373973
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219124701
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
408 Pages
Publication Name
Social Inequality in a Global Age
Language
English
Subject
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
5
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2016-000043
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
305
Table Of Content
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Roots of Inequality1. The Gordian Knot of Race, Class, and GenderDimensions of an Unequal WorldIntersections of Race, Class, and Gender in the United StatesThe Development of Inequality: Race, Class, and Gender Across SocietiesA Social Network Understanding of Inequality2. The Great DebateThe Historical DebateThe Sociological DebateReframing the Debate3. The Global Divide: Inequality Across SocietiesWorlds Coming Apart and Coming TogetherThe Double DivideThe Global DebateGlobalization: The Ties That BindImmigration: Seeking to Cross the DivideThe Market ParadoxPART II. DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITY4. Class PrivilegeWealth and PropertyOccupationIncomeClass StructureGrowing Inequality5. Racial and Ethnic InequalityA Debt Unpaid: Internal ColonialismMiddleman Minorities and Ethnic SolidarityThe Analytic Debate: Cultures and Structures of PovertyColorful LanguageThe Color of Justice6. Gender and Sexual InequalityWhen Men Were MenFrom Glass Slippers to Glass CeilingsWork and Family: The Double Burden and the Second ShiftGender and Class Around the WorldChanging Norms on Gender and Sexuality7. Status PrestigeThe Quest for HonorSocialization: Acquiring Marks of DistinctionAssociation: Whom You KnowLifestyles of the Rich and the DestituteTastes in Transition8. Power and PoliticsPeople Power and Powerful PeopleWho Rules? The Power Elite DebateChanging the Rules: Campaign Finance ReformGlobal Power: Who Really Rules?PART III. CHALLENGES OF INEQUALITY9. Moving Up: Education and MobilityGetting AheadEducation: Opening Doors, Opening MindsNo Child Left BehindLadders With Broken Rungs10. Abandoned Spaces, Forgotten Places: Poverty and PlaceUrban Poverty: Abandoned SpacesThe Making and Unmaking of the Postindustrial CityBrain-Gain and Brain-Drain CitiesSuburban Poverty: The Urban FringeRural Poverty: Forgotten PlacesPoverty in the Global Ghetto11. Reversing the Race to the Bottom: Poverty and PolicyFrom Welfare to WorkThe Challenge of the Margins: Antipoverty ProgramsExtreme Poverty: Homelessness and HungerPoverty Programs Among Advanced Industrial NationsThe Private World of Poverty12. Challenging the System: Social Movements in a Global AgeThe Enduring Struggle: The Labor MovementGender and Power: The Women's MovementGay Rights: Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Equal AccessRace and Power: The Civil Rights MovementThe Happiest Place on EarthOne World After AllGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author
Synopsis
This updated Fifth Edition of Scott Sernaus acclaimed text provides a sociological framework for analyzing inequality within the United States in the context of global stratification and a rapidly changing world economy. With insightful analysis, the text provides an accessible introduction to stratification systems and the structural and personal realities of growing class divides. Using examples drawn straight from todays headlines, Sernau explores each dimension of inequality as he analyzes the relationship between changing global power and growing inequalities within countries. Throughout, a focus on social action and community engagement encourages students to become involved, active learners in the classroom and engaged citizens in their communities., This updated Fifth Editionof Scott Sernaus acclaimed text provides a sociological framework for analyzing inequality within the United States in the context of global stratification and a rapidly changing world economy., This updated Fifth Editionof Scott Sernaus acclaimed text provides a sociological framework for analyzing inequality within the United States in the context of global stratification and a rapidly changing world economy. With insightful analysis, this text offers students an accessible introduction to stratification systems and the structural and personal realities of growing class divides. It explores the multiple dimensions and intersections of inequalities of race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and power and lifestyle. Using lively writing and examples drawn straight from todays headlines, Sernau explores each issue and dimension of inequality as he analyzes the relationship between changing global power and growing inequalities within countries. Throughout, a focus on social action and community engagement encourages students to become involved, active learners in the classroom and engaged citizens in their communities.
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HM821.S47 2016
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