Social inequality
Subtitle: forms, causes, and consequences
By: Charles E. Hurst.
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780205698295
Subjects: Equality -- United States; United States -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to the study of social inequality; title: Economic inequality; title: Status inequality; title: Political inequality; title: Sex and gender inequality; title: Sexual orientation and inequality; title: Racial and ethnic inequality; title: Classical explanations of inequality; title: Contemporary explanations of inequality; title: The impact of inequality on personal life chances; title: Social consequences of inequality; title: Social inequality and social movements; title: Social mobility and status attainment: openness in U.S. society; title: Justice and legitimacy : assessments of the structure of inequality; title: Addressing inequality and poverty : programs and reforms.