Inequality : a contemporary approach to race, class and gender /
Keister, Lisa A.,1968-
Southgate, Darby E.,1964-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
c2012.
"This textbook is designed to teach undergraduate,and some graduate students about basic concepts and research in the study of social stratification and inequality. Social stratification refers to the unequal distribution of people along measures of well-being such as education, income, and wealth. The book starts with an introduction to theories and research methods used in the field. It then applies those methods to a large number of substantive areas that define the contemporary field of stratification research"-- Provided by publisher.
"This textbook is designed to teach undergraduate,and some graduate students about basic concepts and research in the study of social stratification and inequality. Social stratification refers to the unequal distribution of people along measures of well-being such as education, income, and wealth. The book starts with an introduction to theories and research methods used in the field. It then applies those methods to a large number of substantive areas that define the contemporary field of stratification research"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I: Basic concepts -- Social stratification and opportunities -- Explaining stratification: theories and ideas -- Understanding social stratification: methods of evaluation -- Class and the structure of inequality -- II: Applications -- The upper class and the elite -- The middle class and workers -- The working poor and the underclass -- Social mobility -- Education and inequality -- Women and their changing positions -- Race and ethnicity -- Culture -- Inequality across the globe -- Public policy and social stratification.
Social stratification
Equality
Social classes
Wealth
Poverty