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Social Inequality : Forms, Causes and Consequences

ISBN: 9780205264841 | 0205264840
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Pub. Date: 6/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
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.
PREFACEvii
1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
1(12)
Some Controversial Issues of Substance
3(5)
... MORE8(3)
Organization of the Book
11(1)
Critical Thinking
12(1)
PART ONE FORMS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND THEIR EXPLANATIONS13(201)
2 ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
13(22)
The Structure of the U. S. Class System
15(7)
Income Inequality
22(1)
Is the Middle Class Shrinking?
23(5)
Wealth Inequality in the United States
28(4)
Summary
32(2)
Critical Thinking
34(1)
3 STATUS INEQUALITY
35(25)
The Theory of Social Status
36(4)
Bases of Status in the United States
40(19)
Summary
59(1)
Critical Thinking
59(1)
4 CLASSICAL EXPLANATIONS OF INEQUALITY
60(29)
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
60(9)
Max Weber (1864-1920)
69(8)
Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923)
77(6)
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
83(3)
Summary
86(2)
Critical Thinking
88(1)
5 MODERN EXPLANATIONS OF INEQUALITY
89(24)
Functionalist Theory of Stratification
90(4)
Social Reproduction Theory
94(5)
Gerhard Lenski's Synthesis
99(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 INEQUALITY214(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 INEQUALITY269(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 TERMS391(4)
REFERENCES395(38)
INDEX433

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