Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences - Hardcover

Hurst, Charles E.

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9780205264841: Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences

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ISBN 10: 0205264840 ISBN 13: 9780205264841

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1997

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Looking at the forms, causes and consequences of social inequality, this edition discusses government policy, inequality/poverty, and the effects of social inequality on psychological health.

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Key Benefit: Rarely a day goes by without stories appearing in the newspapers about worker layoffs, racial problems, sexual discrimination, and increasing child poverty. We are surrounded by inescapable issue of social inequality. This book introduces the study of inequality with an even-handed, yet humane concern for the problems that arise from extensive inequality. This is the most thorough treatment of the effects of social inequality on physical and psychological health on the market. Key Topics: This thorough and up-to-date book covers various forms of inequality - economic, political, racial, and sexual. The chapters about governmental policy on inequality/poverty and social movements are unmatched in other books.Market: This book is for anyone interested in discovering the core ideas, concepts, and relationships in the study of social inequality.

About the Author:

Charles E. Hurst grew up on the ethnic south-side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and his experiences there fostered a life-long interest in social inequality and social theory. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and later his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He retired in 2008 as Professor of Sociology from The College of Wooster, after having taught courses on inequality in America and social theory for over 40 years. His research resulted in articles on class consciousness, status inconsistency, and socioeconomic status and health care, and most recently, Amish society. His books include The Anatomy of Social Inequality (C. V. Mosby 1979), Living Theory: The Application of Classical Social Theory to Contemporary Life, 2nd edition (Allyn & Bacon 2005), and Social Inequality: Forms, Causes and Consequences, 7th edition (Allyn & Bacon 2010). During the last several years, his interest in social inequality led him to conduct research on issues related to women’s status, wealth, and class distinctions within the Ohio Amish community. With a colleague, he has completed the first in-depth study of this settlement, soon to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press as An Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World’s Largest Amish Community.

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