TY - BOOK AU - Hurst,Charles E. TI - Social inequality: forms, causes, and consequences SN - 0205156169 (recycled, acidfree paper) AV - HN90.S6 H87 1995 U1 - 305.0973 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Boston PB - Allyn and Bacon KW - Equality KW - United States KW - Social conditions N1 - 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 N2 - 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. ER -