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Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. An Introduction To The Study Of Social Inequality
Major Issues in the Study of Social Inequality
Examining Inequality in a Sociological Mode
Some Basic Terms and Concepts in the Study of Inequality
SummaryChapter 2. Theories Of Class And Social Inequality
Marx’s Theory of Social Inequality
Weber: The Inevitability of Inequality
Functionalism and Conflict Theory
SummaryChapter 3. The American Class System
Social Class: A Two-Dimensional Picture
The Reality of Class in the United States
Change and Continuity in Economic Inequality
SummaryChapter 4. Poverty And The Poor
Defining Poverty
Who Are the Poor?
The Working Poor and the Underclass
Why Are the Poor Poor?
Public Policies and Poverty
Poverty in Comparative Perspective
SummaryChapter 5. The Middle Classes And The Changing Economy
Historical Development of the Middle Classes
The Classes in the Middle and the Occupational Structure
The Changing U.S. Economy and the Classes in the Middle
Economic Restructuring and the Classes in the Middle
The Middle Classes and the New Consumerism
SummaryChapter 6. The Upper Class And The Power Elite
The Upper Class
The Power Elite: Patterns and Theory
Social Class and the Power Elite
Paths to Power
SummaryChapter 7. Stratification Systems And Social Mobility
Systems of Stratification
Patterns of Social Mobility in Modern Societies
Determinants of Social Mobility
Education and the Process of Mobility
SummaryChapter 8. Public Policy And The Class System
The Political Economy
Taxation: How Much, from Whom
Government Spending: On What, for Whom
The U.S. Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
Government Regulation
Partisan Differences in Public Policy
SummaryChapter 9. Racial/Ethnic Differentiation
Ethnicity and Race
Changing Ethnic Patterns in the United States
The American Ethnic Configuration
The Shaping of American Ethnic Diversity and Inequality
The Newest Immigrants
SummaryChapter 10. Racial/Ethnic Stratification
Majority and Minority
The American Ethnic Hierarchy
Stability and Change in the American Ethnic Hierarchy
SummaryChapter 11. Gender Inequality
Gender Differentiation
Gender Stratification
Gender Inequality in the Workforce: Continuity and Change
Patterns of Gender Inequality: Politics, the Corporation, and Education
The Status of Women in Global Perspective
The Feminist Movement
SummaryChapter 12. Political Inequality
Political Stratification
Three Models of Power in America
The American Power Structure: Unity and Division
The Role of Masses in the System of Power
SummaryChapter 13. Ideology And The Legitimation Of Inequality
Legitimation
The Nature of Ideology
The Dominant American Ideology
Legitimation, Ideology, and Socialization
Summary
Glossary
References
Index
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