Social class
Subtitle: how does it work?
By: Annette Lareau and Dalton Conley, editors.
Contributors: Lareau, Annette.; Conley, Dalton, 1969-
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780871545060
Subjects: Social classes -- United States; Class consciousness -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How class works : objective and subjective aspects of class since the 1970s / Michael Hout; title: Are there social classes? A framework for testing sociology's favorite concept / David B. Grusky and Kim A. Weeden; title: Education-based meritocracy : the barriers to its realization / John Goldthorpe and Michelle Jackson; title: Class and the transition to adulthood / Annette Lareau and Elliot B. Weininger; title: Breaking the class monolith : understanding class differences in black adolescents' attachment to racial identity / Karyn Lacy and Angel L. Harris; title: Bringing sibling differences in : enlarging our understanding of the transmission of advantage in families / Dalton Conley; title: Class and politics / Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks; title: Social inequality and health : future directions for the fundamental cause explanation / Richard M. Carpiano, Bruce G. Link, and Jo C. Phelan; title: Race, class, and neighborhoods / Mary Pattillo; title: What does class inequality among women look like? A comparison with men and families, 1970-2000 / Leslie McCall; title: Logics of class analysis / Erik Olin Wright; title: Two oppositions in studies of class : a reflection / John Goldthorpe; title: Reflections on "class matters" / Janny Scott; title: Class notes / Roger D. Hodge; title: Holding up a mirror to a classless society / Ray Suarez; title: Reading class between the lines (of this volume) : a reflection on why we should stick to folk concepts of social class / Dalton Conley.