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Social inequality : forms, causes, and consequences
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Social inequality : forms, causes, and consequences

Author: Charles E Hurst
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2007.
Edition/Format: Audiobook on CD : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This [book] is intended as an introduction to the study of social inequality. The assumptions upon which it is based are ... [that] (1) inequality is multidimensional; (2) explanations of the various forms of inequality are necessary for any resolution of inequality's undesirable consequences; (3) couching a discussion of inequality in its broader historical, cultural, and international context provides a deeper  Read more...
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Material Type: Audio book, etc.
Document Type: Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Charles E Hurst
OCLC Number: 181226467
Notes: Originally published: Boston, MA : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2007. 6th ed.
Description: Sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents: Introduction to the study of social inequality -- Extent and forms of social inequality: Economic inequality; Status inequality; Political inequality; Sex and gender inequality; Sexual orientation and inequality; Racial and ethnic inequality -- General explanations of inequality: Classical explanations of inequality; Contemporary explanations of inequality -- Consequences of social inequality: Impact of inequality on personal life chances; Deviance, protest, and inequality; Social inequality and social movement -- Stability and change in the system of social inequality: Social mobility and status attainment, openness in U.S. society; Justice and legitimacy, assessments of the structure of inequality; Addressing inequality and poverty, programs and reform -- Glossary of basic terms.
Responsibility: Charles E. Hurst.

Abstract:

This [book] is intended as an introduction to the study of social inequality. The assumptions upon which it is based are ... [that] (1) inequality is multidimensional; (2) explanations of the various forms of inequality are necessary for any resolution of inequality's undesirable consequences; (3) couching a discussion of inequality in its broader historical, cultural, and international context provides a deeper understanding of nature and role of inequality in society; and (4) an evenhanded approach covering the full range of perspectives and information on inequality is most appropriate, especially for students being exposed to this material for the first time. [The author's] goal is to convey ... a sense of the pervasiveness and extensiveness of social inequality in the United States within a comparative context, to show how inequality can be explained, how it affects all of us, and what is being done about it. -Pref.

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