ROMERO MARY / Margolis Eric

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities

Herausgeber: Romero, Mary; Margolis, Eric

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities is a first-rate collection of social science scholarship on inequalities, emphasizing race, ethnicity, class and gender sexuality, age, and nationality. The volume highlights themes that represent the scope and range of theoretical orientations, contemporary emphases, and emerging topics in the field of social inequalities. An international group of leading scholars gives special attention to debates in the field, developing trends and directions, and interdisciplinary influences in the study of social inequalities. They also identify likely new areas of research. An editorial introduction and suggestions for further reading round out the collection, making this a one-of-a-kind reference to the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1368g
• ISBN-13: 9780631231547
• ISBN-10: 0631231544
• Artikelnr.: 22412506

Autorenporträt

Mary Romero is Professor at Arizona State University and the 2004 recipient of the Lee Founders Award given by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She is currently co-chair elect of LatCrit Inc. She is the author of Maid in the USA (1992) and her coedited books include Challenging Fronteras (1997), Women's Untold Stories (1999), and Latina and Latino Popular Culture (2002). Eric Margolis is Associate Professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University. His recent publications include: AIDS Research/AIDS Policy: Competing Paradigms of Science and Public Policy, Researchin Social Policy, Volume 6 (1998), and The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures.

List of Tables.

Notes on Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Part I: Conceptualizing Inequalities:.

1. Historical Perspectives on Inequality: Charles Tilly(Columbia University).

2. Social Exclusion: New Inequality Paradigm for the Era ofGlobalization?: Ronaldo Munck (University of Liverpool).

3. Unequal Nations: Race, Citizen, and the Politics ofRecognition: Sallie Westwood (University of Manchester).

4. Intimate Citizenship in an Unjust World: Ken Plummer(University of Essex).

5. Domination, Resistance, and Subjectivity: Barry D. Adam(University of Windsor).

Part II: Epistemology, Method, and Inequality:.

6. Conceptualizing a Critical Race Theory in Sociology: Tara J.Yosso (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Daniel G.Solórzano (University of California, Los Angeles).

7. Environmental Racism: Inequality in a Toxic World: DavidPellow (University of California, San Diego).

8. Labor-market Inequality: Intersections of Gender, Race, andClass: Irene Browne (Emory University) and Joya Misra (Universityof Massachusetts-Amherst).

9. What Counts? Definition, Measurement, and Legitimacy inStudies of Homelessness: Malcolm Williams (University ofPlymouth).

Part III: Family, Community, and Education:.

10. Children and Inequality: Julia Wrigley and Joanna Dreby(both City University of New York).

11. Parenting and Inequality: Rachel Grob (Sarah LawrenceCollege) and Barbara Katz Rothman (City University of NewYork).

12. Migrant Networks: A Summary and Critique of RelationalApproaches to International Migration: Steven J. Gold (MichiganState University).

13. Race, Education, and Inequality: Caroline Hodges Persell andGiselle F. Hendrie (both New York University).

Part IV: Policy Responses to Inequalities:.

14. Beyond Dependency: Welfare States and the Configuration ofSocial Inequality: Lynne Haney (New York University) and RobinRogers-Dillon (City University of New York).

15. Inequalities, Crime, and Citizenship: Nigel South(University of Essex).

16. Disability and Social Inequalities: Mark Priestley(University of Leeds).

17. Culture of Medicine and Racial, Ethnic, and ClassDisparities in Healthcare: Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good (Harvard MedicalSchool), Cara James (Harvard University), Byron J. Good (HarvardMedical School), and Anne E. Becker(Harvard Medical School).

18. The Nervous Gaze: Backpacking in Africa: Claudia Bell(University of Auckland).

19. Origins and Contours of the Population Debate: Inequality,Population.

Politics, and NGOs: Tulsi Patel: University of Delhi and NavtejPurewal (University of Manchester).

Part V: Media, Technology, and Inequalities:.

20. Selling Images of Inequality: Hollywood Cinema and theReproduction of Racial and Gender Stereotypes: Norman K. Denzin(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

21. In the Shadow of Cultural Imperialism: Television andNational Identities in the Era of Globalization: Chris Barker(University of Wollongong).

22. Minding the Cyber-Gap, The Internet and Social Inequality:Wenhong Chen (University of Toronto) and Barry Wellman (Universityof Toronto).

23. New Global Technologies of Power: Cybernetic Capitalism andSocial Inequality: Stephen Pfohl (Boston College).

Index

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"The topic of social inequality is so vast that no onecollection of articles will ever be definitive. Having said that,this collection is as close to that mark as I have seen sinceBendix and Lipset's Class, Status and Power."Troy Duster, New York University

"The editors and the diverse group of scholars they havebrought together give us one of today's definitivesociological examinations of inequality. They remind us thatinequalities are produced, and they revisit the multipleinterpretations we have come up with over the decades."Saskia Sassen, author of Globalization and itsDiscontents

"The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities isone of those unique texts that transcend the limits of earlierefforts, transforming learning and teaching opportunities in itsarea. Highly recommended." Howard Winant, University ofCalifornia at Santa Barbara

"The book is an excellent international and up to date referencevolume on social inequality." Reference Reviews