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Social Inequality

by: Hurst, Charles E.

Social Inequality

by: Hurst, Charles E.

ISBN 13:
9780205264841
ISBN 10:
0205264840
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 06/01/1997
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

This book is divided into three major sections. The first addresses the extent of inequality in its many dimensions. Part two shows how inequality affects our personal lives as well as society. Part three addresses stability and change in the various forms of inequality.

PREFACE

vii

1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY

(12)

Some Controversial Issues of Substance

(5)

Issues of Methodology

(3)

Organization of the Book

(1)

Critical Thinking

(1)

PART ONE FORMS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND THEIR EXPLANATIONS

(201)

2 ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

(22)

The Structure of the U. S. Class System

(7)

Income Inequality

(1)

Is the Middle Class Shrinking?

(5)

Wealth Inequality in the United States

(4)

Summary

(2)

Critical Thinking

(1)

3 STATUS INEQUALITY

(25)

The Theory of Social Status

(4)

Bases of Status in the United States

(19)

Summary

(1)

Critical Thinking

(1)

4 CLASSICAL EXPLANATIONS OF INEQUALITY

(29)

Karl Marx (1818-1883)

(9)

Max Weber (1864-1920)

(8)

Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923)

(6)

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)

(3)

Summary

(2)

Critical Thinking

(1)

5 MODERN EXPLANATIONS OF INEQUALITY

(24)

Functionalist Theory of Stratification

(4)

Social Reproduction Theory

(5)

Gerhard Lenski's Synthesis

(4)

Labor-Market Theories of Income and Earnings Distribution

103

(8)

Summary

111

(1)

Critical Thinking

112

(1)

6 SEX AND GENDER INEQUALITY

113

(29)

The Status of Women in the Early United States

113

(3)

Present Occupational and Economic Conditions for Women

116

(8)

Microinequities in the Treatment of Women

124

(2)

General Theories of Sex and Gender Inequality

126

(14)

Summary

140

(1)

Critical Thinking

141

(1)

7 RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITY

142

(27)

Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in the United States: A Brief History

142

(4)

Racial Inequality Today

146

(5)

Microinequities in the Treatment of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

151

(3)

The Intersection of Class, Race, Sex, and Gender

154

(4)

Theories of Racial and Ethnic Inequality

158

(9)

Summary

167

(1)

Critical Thinking

168

(1)

8 POLITICAL INEQUALITY

169

(24)

Elusiveness of Power

169

(1)

Portraits of National Power Structure

170

(7)

Distribution of Political Power

177

(6)

Interlinkage of Economic and Political Power

183

(3)

Ruling-Class Unity

186

(6)

Summary

192

(1)

Critical Thinking

192

(1)

9 U.S. INEQUALITY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

193

(21)

Economic Inequality

194

(8)

Gender Inequality

202

(5)

Racial/Ethnic Inequality

207

(5)

Summary

212

(1)

Critical Thinking

213

(1)

PART TWO CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY

214

(55)

10 THE IMPACT OF INEQUALITY ON PERSONAL LIFE CHANCES

214

(29)

Basic Life Chances: Physical Health

214

(7)

Health-Care Costs and Inequality

221

(2)

Basic Life Chances: Psychological Health

223

(7)

Basic Life Chances: Food and Shelter

230

(4)

Basic Life Chances: A Sense of Well-Being

234

(3)

Family Relationships and Violence

237

(3)

Summary

240

(2)

Critical Thinking

242

(1)

11 CRIME, PROTEST, AND INEQUALITY

243

(26)

Inequality and Crime

243

(16)

Inequality and Collective Unrest

259

(5)

Explanations of Collective Protest

264

(3)

Summary

267

(1)

Critical Thinking

268

(1)

PART THREE STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY

269

(122)

12 TRENDS IN MOBILITY AND STATUS ATTAINMENT: OPENNESS IN U.S. SOCIETY

269

(29)

Questions Concerning Openness

269

(1)

Study of Mobility

270

(4)

Comparative Studies of Mobility

274

(2)

U.S. Mobility over Time

276

(4)

Status Attainment: What Determines How Far One Goes?

280

(6)

Mobility and Attainment Process among African Americans

286

(3)

Patterns of Mobility and Attainment among Women

289

(5)

Some Observations on Studies of Status Attainment

294

(2)

Summary

296

(1)

Critical Thinking

297

(1)

13 JUSTICE AND LEGITIMACY: ASSESSMENTS OF THE STRUCTURE OF INEQUALITY

298

(16)

U.S. Attitudes about the Distribution of Income and Wealth

299

(1)

What Is a Just Distribution?

300

(2)

Bases for the Legitimation of Structured Inequality

302

(10)

Summary

312

(1)

Critical Thinking

313

(1)

14 SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

314

(33)

The Early Labor Movement

314

(11)

The Civil Rights Movement

325

(9)

The Women's Movement

334

(9)

Inequality, Context, and Social Movements: A Synthesis

343

(3)

Critical Thinking

346

(1)

15 INEQUALITY AND POVERTY PROGRAMS: FOUNDATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

347

(26)

Addressing the Problem of Inequality

347

(2)

The Conundrum of Defining Poverty

349

(5)

Levels of and Trends in Poverty

354

(2)

Perceptions of the Poor

356

(8)

Poverty Programs

364

(7)

Summary

371

(1)

Critical Thinking

372

(1)

16 AN ASSESSMENT OF AND ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT POVERTY PROGRAMS

373

(18)

An Evaluation of Welfare Programs

373

(10)

Suggested Alternatives to the Present System

383

(6)

Summary

389

(1)

Critical Thinking

390

(1)

GLOSSARY OF BASIC TERMS

391

(4)

REFERENCES

395

(38)

INDEX

433

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