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Inequality and Stratification: Race, Class and Gender, 5/E
Robert A. Rothman, Professor Emeritus, University of Delaware

ISBN-10: 0131849689
ISBN-13: 9780131849686

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper; 288 pp
Published: 07/29/2004

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For undergraduate courses in Social Stratification, Race, Class, and Gender, and Introduction to Gender Studies.

Using a concise and easy-to-understand style, this text provides an integrated approach to the implications of social class, race and ethnicity, and gender—explaining how each relates to economic, social, and political inequality.

  • Flexible format that is easy to use with supplementary readers and paperbacks.
  • Chapter-opening introductions.

    • Alerts students to the basic ideas being discussed in each section, and introduces them to the conclusions that resolve the chapter.

  • Key Concepts —Highlights the text with bold type throughout and appears in chapter-end lists.

    • Familiarizes students with important concepts, and then reinforces this material for effective review and study.

  • Up-to-date census information, research, and theory throughout.

    • Keeps students abreast of the latest findings in the field, and helps make the coverage more relevant and meaningful to their lives.

  • Emphasis on 21st Century events—Such as the terrorist attacks in the U.S., the collapse of Enron, the lagging stock market, the failure of dot.com companies, and war in Iraq.

    • Discussion of these events and their impact on every nation brings students to a much closer understanding of the real world in which they live.

  • A focus on digital technology—Stresses the importance of this major twentieth century development.

    • Explores the implications of the digital revolution in industrial nations.

  • Chapter-end website listings—Capitalizes on the emphasis of the digital revolution.

    • Offers students a valuable reference for obtaining additional and advanced information on the topics in each chapter.

  • Global coverage—Highlights more than just the central focus of the American experience.

    • Broadens students' focus to include more attention to global inequality and social stratification.

I. THE NATURE OF INEQUALITY AND STRATIFICATION.

 1. Inequality and Social Stratification.

 2. Theoretical Approaches to Stratification.

II. STRATIFICATION IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES.

 3. Industrial Class Systems.

 4. Institutionalizing and Legitimizing Stratification.

III. PATTERNS OF INEQUALITY.

 5. The Dynamics of Economic Inequality.

 6. Social Evaluations and Social Relations.

 7. The Shape of Political Power and Influence.

IV. EXPERIENCING SOCIAL STRATIFICATION.

 8. Class, Race, Gender and Life Chances.

 9. Class and Lifestyles.

10. Class Consciousness.

V. INHERITANCE AND MOBILITY.

11. Patterns of Social Mobility.

Bibliography.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

For Social Stratification


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