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Great Divides : Readings in Social Inequality in the United States

by: Shapiro, Thomas M.

Great Divides : Readings in Social Inequality in the United States

by: Shapiro, Thomas M.

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Copyright: 06/01/1998
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

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Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, the 47 readings in this anthology illustrate basic theories, concepts, and findings associated with social inequality in the United States. Many selections feature cutting-edge sociological research, providing students with new concepts and theories that inspire thought-provoking class discussion..

Preface

(2)

About the Contributors

Introduction

(6)

Part I OPPORTUNITY AND INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES

(22)

1. The Diminishing American Dream

(9)

Sheldon Danziger

Peter Gottschalk

2. Why Inequality?

(6)

Claude S. Fischer

Michael Hout

Martin Sanchez Jankowski

Samuel R. Lucas

Ann Swidler

Kim Voss

3. The Equality Dilemma: Fair Play or Fair Shares?

(6)

William Ryan

Part II HOW SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IS GENERATED

(77)

Theories of Stratification

(36)

4. Manifesto of the Communist Party

(7)

Karl Marx

Friedrich Engels

5. Classes

(1)

Karl Marx

6. Class, Status, Party

(10)

Max Weber

7. Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Job Segregation by Sex

(4)

Heidi Hartmann

8. A Theory of Ethnic Antagonism: The Split Labor Market

(14)

Edna Bonacich

Stratification and Society

(39)

9. The Division of Labor and Occupational Stratification

(7)

Donald J. Treiman

10. Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School System

(5)

Ralph H. Turner

11. Some Principles of Stratification

(9)

Kingsley Davis

Wilbert E. Moore

12. Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis

(8)

Melvin M. Tumin

13. The Uses of Undeservingness

(10)

Herbert J. Gans

Part III CLASS

106

(108)

Class Formation

108

(31)

14. A General Framework for the Analysis of Class

108

(15)

Erik Olin Wright

15. The Primary Effects of Scientific Management

123

(7)

Harry Braverman

16. Mass Production in Postmodern Times

130

(9)

Richard J. Barnet

John Cavanagh

Power and Division

139

(20)

17. The Structure of Power in American Society

139

(6)

C. Wright Mills

18. Sociopolitical Pluralism

145

(5)

Marvin E. Olsen

19. The American Upper Class

150

(9)

G. William Domhoff

Class in the United States

159

(55)

20. Economic Self-Sufficiency in Present-Day America

159

(14)

John E. Schwarz

Thomas J. Volgy

21. Race and the Rise of Ethnicity

173

(6)

Lillian B. Rubin

22. The Crisis of the American Dream

179

(13)

Bennett Harrison

Barry Bluestone

23. The Bureaucratic Burden

192

(13)

David M. Gordon

24. The Politics of Generational Division

205

(9)

Katherine Newman

Part IV RACE AND ETHNICITY

214

(102)

Race in Our Time

216

(45)

25. The Problem of the Twentieth Century Is the Problem of the Color Line

216

(5)

W. E. B. Du Bois

26. The Truly Disadvantaged

221

(19)

William Julius Wilson

27. A Sociology of Wealth and Racial Inequality

240

(10)

Melvin L. Oliver

Thomas M. Shapiro

28. A History of Multicultural America

250

(11)

Ronald Takaki

Race and Ethnic Division

261

(55)

29. A Piece of the Pie: Occupational Trends

261

(11)

Stanley Lieberson

30. The Continuing Causes of Segregation

272

(16)

Douglas S. Massey

Nancy A. Denton

31. Black Wealth/White Wealth

288

(12)

Melvin L. Oliver

Thomas M. Shapiro

32. The Immigrant Enclave: Theory and Empirical Examples

300

(12)

Alejandro Portes

Robert D. Manning

33. Job Competition Between Immigrants and African Americans

312

(4)

Paul Ong

Abel Valenzuela, Jr.

Part V GENDER

316

(72)

Gendering Society

317

(18)

34. "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender

317

(10)

Judith Lorber

35. White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies

327

(8)

Peggy McIntosh

Structuring Gender

335

(53)

36. The Politics of Motherhood

335

(11)

Jill Quadagno

37. The Ceiling and the Wall: The Double Barrier to the Top

346

(8)

Ann M. Morrison

Randall P. White

Ellen Van Velsor

The Center for Creative Leadership

38. No Man's Land: Introduction

354

(15)

Kathleen Gerson

39. Women, Men and Work in the Twenty-First Century

369

(11)

Barbara F. Reskin

Irene Padavic

40. Comparable Worth: An Overview

380

(8)

Elaine Sorensen

Part VI CLASS, RACE AND GENDER IN AN INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT: EDUCATION

388

(51)

41. The Vital Link: Prep Schools and Higher Education

389

(12)

Peter W. Cookson, Jr.

Caroline Hodges Persell

42. The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York

401

(17)

Jonathan Kozol

43. Failing at Fairness: Hidden Lessons

418

(10)

Myra Sadker

David Sadker

44. Common Ground: Diver

428

(11)

J. Anthony Lukas

Credits

439

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Great Divides : Readings in Social Inequality in the United States

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