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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: Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 6th edView all editions and formats
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This text explores the pervasiveness of inequality in American society. Using both classical and contemporary explanations for inequality, it examines the effect of inequality on us individually and  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Charles E Hurst
ISBN: 0205484360 9780205484362
OCLC Number: 63125901
Description: xi, 452 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality --
Part one. Extent and Forms of Social Inequality --
Economic Inequality --
Status Inequality --
Political Inequality --
Sex and Gender Inequality --
Sexual Orientation and Inequality --
Racial and Ethnic Inequality --
Part two. General Explanations of Inequality --
Classical Explanations of Inequality --
Contemporary Explanations of Inequality --
Part three. Consequences of Social Inequality --
The Impact of Inequality on Personal Life Chances --
Deviance, Protest, and Inequality --
Social Inequality and Social Movements --
Part four. 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 Reforms.
Responsibility: Charles E. Hurst.
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