Social class and stratification : classic statements and theoretical debates / edited by Rhonda F. Levine.

Contributor(s): Levine, Rhonda F [editor]
Language: English Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1998Description: x, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 084768542X (cloth : alk. paper); 0847685438 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Social classes | Social classes in literature | Social classes -- United States | Social structure -- United States | Equality | United States -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 305.50973 LOC classification: HT609 | .S6215 1998Online resources: Book review (H-Net)
Contents:
pt. 1. Classical perspectives on social class. Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ; On classes / Karl Maex. ; Class, status, party / Max Weber. ; Related readings. -- pt. 2. American Stratification Theory. What social class is in America / W. Lloyd Warner, Marchia Meeker, and Kenneth Eells. ; Some principles of stratification / Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore. ; Some principles of stratification: a critical analysis / Melvin M. Tumin. ; Related readings. -- pt. 3. Neo-Marxian and Neo-Weberian perspectives on social class. Marx and Weber: problems of class structure / Anthony Giddens. ; Marxism and class theory: a Bourgeois critique / Frank Parkin. ; Class analysis / Erik Oliln Wright. ; Related readings. -- pt. 4. Nonclass forms of inequality: statements on gender and racial stratification. The patriarchal family / Friedrich Engels. ; The position od women / Juliet Mitchell. ; Class, status, and gender / David Lockwood. ; Double-consciousness and the veil / W.E.B. DuBois. ; Facets of the negro problem / Gunnar Myrdal. ; Race and class / Oliver Cox. ; Toward a new vision: race, class, and gender as categories of analysis and connections / Patricia Hill Collins ; Related readings.
Summary: "Bringing together the most significant writings on social inequality, this collection relates today's debates on race, class, and gender to the classical theories of influential authors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Designed for students in courses on social stratification, inequality, and social theory, the book offers an excellent overview of ongoing debates and recent theory and research."--
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pt. 1. Classical perspectives on social class. Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ; On classes / Karl Maex. ; Class, status, party / Max Weber. ; Related readings. --
pt. 2. American Stratification Theory. What social class is in America / W. Lloyd Warner, Marchia Meeker, and Kenneth Eells. ; Some principles of stratification / Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore. ; Some principles of stratification: a critical analysis / Melvin M. Tumin. ; Related readings. --
pt. 3. Neo-Marxian and Neo-Weberian perspectives on social class. Marx and Weber: problems of class structure / Anthony Giddens. ; Marxism and class theory: a Bourgeois critique / Frank Parkin. ; Class analysis / Erik Oliln Wright. ; Related readings. --
pt. 4. Nonclass forms of inequality: statements on gender and racial stratification. The patriarchal family / Friedrich Engels. ; The position od women / Juliet Mitchell. ; Class, status, and gender / David Lockwood. ; Double-consciousness and the veil / W.E.B. DuBois. ; Facets of the negro problem / Gunnar Myrdal. ; Race and class / Oliver Cox. ; Toward a new vision: race, class, and gender as categories of analysis and connections / Patricia Hill Collins ; Related readings.


"Bringing together the most significant writings on social inequality, this collection relates today's debates on race, class, and gender to the classical theories of influential authors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Designed for students in courses on social stratification, inequality, and social theory, the book offers an excellent overview of ongoing debates and recent theory and research."--

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