Binding: Paperback
Description: Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race Class and Gender offers a comprehensive introduction to the topics animating current sociological research focused on inequality. Contemporary engaging and research - oriented it is the ideal text to help undergraduate students master the basic concepts in inequality research and gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which race class and gender interact with systems of social stratification. Following an introduction to theories and research methods used in the field the authors apply these concepts to areas that define inequality research including social mobility education gender race and culture. The authors include up - to - date quantitative evidence throughout. The text concludes by examining policies that have facilitated inequality and reviewing the social movements that in turn seek to reshape those structures. Though primarily focused on the United States it includes a chapter on stratification across the globe and draws on cross - national comparisons throughout.
Title: Inequality
Author(s): Southgate Darby E.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108940665
Pages: 592 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 4/21/2022
Category: Sociology