Yuval Elmelech

Transmitting Inequality

Wealth and the American Family

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this authoritative study, Elmelech investigates the role that generational heritage plays in social stratification. Transmitting Inequality provides the essential theoretical framework for examining the institutional inequalities that shape the distribution of property and wealth in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780742545854
• ISBN-10: 0742545857
• Artikelnr.: 23353432

Autorenporträt

Yuval Elmelech is associate professor of sociology at Bard College and research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Institutional Foundation of the Commodity Market Chapter 2:
Demographic Changes and the Distribution of Wealth Chapter 3: Social Class
and Property Chapter 4: Social Policy and Economic Inequality Part 5 Part
II: Wealth and Welfare Part 6 Part III: Inequality in a Multi-Ethnic
Society Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Families, Generations and Familial
Responsibility Chapter 8 Chapter 6: The Racial/Ethnic Divide Chapter 9
Chapter 7: Intragroup Inequality and Social Closure Part 10 Part IV:
Financial Institutions, Demographic Transitions and Economic Polarization