Social inequality : forms, causes, and consequences / Charles E. Hurst.

By: Hurst, Charles E [author]
Language: English Publisher: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1995Edition: Second editionDescription: xi, 435 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unemdiated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0205156169 (recycled, acidfree paper)Subject(s): Equality -- United States | United States -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 305.0973 LOC classification: HN90.S6 | H87 1995
Contents:
An introduction to the study of social inequality -- Economic inequality -- Status inequality -- Sex and gender inequality -- Racial inequality -- Political inequality -- U.S. inequality in comparative perspective -- The impact of inequality on personal life changes -- Crime, protest, and inequality -- Classical explanations of inequality -- Modern explanations of inequality -- Trends in mobility and status attainment: openness in U.S. society -- Justice and legitimacy: assessments of the structure of inequality -- Social inequality and social movements -- Inequality and poverty programs: foundations and characteristics -- An assessment of and alternative to current poverty programs.
Summary: This study covers a range of forms of inequality: economic, political, racial and sexual. It uses a variety of perspectives and a comparative approach to cover the causes/explanations, the magnitude of inequality, and the consequences (including policy and movements) for each form of inequality.
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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-429)

An introduction to the study of social inequality --
Economic inequality --
Status inequality --
Sex and gender inequality --
Racial inequality --
Political inequality --
U.S. inequality in comparative perspective --
The impact of inequality on personal life changes --
Crime, protest, and inequality --
Classical explanations of inequality --
Modern explanations of inequality --
Trends in mobility and status attainment: openness in U.S. society --
Justice and legitimacy: assessments of the structure of inequality --
Social inequality and social movements --
Inequality and poverty programs: foundations and characteristics --
An assessment of and alternative to current poverty programs.

This study covers a range of forms of inequality: economic, political, racial and sexual. It uses a variety of perspectives and a comparative approach to cover the causes/explanations, the magnitude of inequality, and the consequences (including policy and movements) for each form of inequality.

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