Heather Fitz Gibbon, Anne Nurse, Charles Hurst

Social Inequality (eBook, ePUB)

Forms, Causes, and Consequences

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The eleventh edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences is an introduction to the study of social inequality. Fully updated statistics and examples convey the pervasiveness and extent of social inequality in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000626865
• Artikelnr.: 64715522

Autorenporträt

Heather M. Fitz Gibbon is a Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. Her research focuses on poverty in micropolitan regions, motherhood within the welfare system, and childcare systems. She has been a community-based researcher, evaluating anti-poverty and family literacy community programs.

Anne M. Nurse is a Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. Her published work is on juvenile corrections and child sexual abuse prevention. She most recently published Confronting Child Sexual Abuse.

Charles E. Hurst is an emeritus Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. His work focuses on issues of social status, comparative poverty and inequality, and the uses of theories in understanding contemporary problems. Recently, these interests also include studies of status in Amish communities in Ohio.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality
Part 1: Extent and Forms of Social Inequality
2. Poverty
Wealth
and Inequality
3. Class
Governmental Policy
and Mobility
4. Status Inequality
5. Power
Part 2: Causes of Inequality
6. Classical Explanations of Inequality
7. Contemporary Explanations of Inequality
Part 3: Winners and Losers
8. Sex and Gender Inequality
9. Sexual Orientation and Inequality
10. Racial and Ethnic Inequality
11. Immigration
Place
and Religion
Part 4: Consequences of Social Inequality
12. Inequality
Health
and the Environment
13. Inequality
Crime
and Criminal Justice
Part 5: Social Change
14. Social Inequality and Social Movements
15. Policy Alternatives
Glossary of Basic Terms
References