Screen LibrarySocial stratification and inequality : class conflict in historical, comparative, and global perspective
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McGraw-Hill,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston, MA |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 5th ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 589 [96] p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0072487704 (sc. : alk. paper) 9780072487701 |
| Index Number: | D771 |
| CLC: | D771.26 |
| Call Number: | D771.26/K39/5th.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. r1-r68) and indexes. Part I. Introduction -- 1. Perspectives and Concepts in the Study of Social Stratification -- 2. Dimensions of Inequality in the United States: Class, Gender, and Race -- 3. Social Stratification in Human Societies: The History of Inequality -- Part II: Explanations of Social Stratification: Stratification Theories -- 4. Social Stratification Theory: Early Statements -- 5. Modern Theories of Social Stratification -- Part III: The American Class Structure -- 6. The Upper Class -- 7. The Corporate Class -- 8. The Middle and Working Classes -- 9. Poverty and the Political Economy of Welfare -- 10. Gender Stratifications and Inequalities: The Persistance of Ascription -- 11. Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity: The Persistance of Ascription -- Part IV: The Process of Social Stratification -- 12. Social Mobility: Class Ascription and Achievement -- 13. The Process of Legitimation -- Part V: Social Stratification Beyond the United States -- 14. The World Stratification System: Dominance and Competition Among the Core Nations -- 15. Social Stratification in Japan -- 16. Social Stratification in Germany -- 17. World Stratification and Globalization: The Poor of this Earth |