Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender - Softcover

Keister, Lisa A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521680026 ISBN 13: 9780521680028

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This textbook reflects a hybrid approach to studying stratification. It addresses the knowledge accumulated by stratification scholars and challenges students to apply this information to their social world. Features include: · The text is divided into basic concepts (theoretical and methodological) and applications (e.g., to class, poverty, mobility, education, gender, race). · Each chapter includes a list of key concepts, questions for thought, suggested exercises, and multimedia resources (print, internet, and films). · A unique methodological chapter provides students the skills they will need to be able to read contemporary sociological literature. · The selection of chapters and chapter content provide students a sense of the topics, questions, and research that dominate contemporary research on social stratification and inequality. · Research-oriented approach reflecting the field of stratification studies. Additional ancillary material may be found at www.stratificationandinequality.com

About this title

Book Description:

This textbook reflects a hybrid approach to studying stratification. It addresses the knowledge accumulated by stratification scholars and challenges students to apply this information to their social world. The authors include a wide variety of topics and provide current research to round out their discussions. Each chapter includes a list of key concepts, questions for thought, suggested exercises, and multimedia resources.

About the Author:

Lisa A. Keister is a professor of sociology and the Director of the Markets and Management Program at Duke University. She conducts research on wealth inequality, asset accumulation and the causes of each. She is the author of Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got There (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and Wealth in America (Cambridge University Press, 2000). Her research on Chinese corporations and the country's economic transition appeared in her book Chinese Business Groups (2000) as well as various articles.

Darby E. Southgate is an assistant professor of sociology at Los Angeles Valley College and a research consultant. Her primary research interests are poverty, education and culture. Her research investigates the intersection of socioeconomic status, education and culture. She has authored numerous entries on culture, specifically on music and society. She also consults for agencies aiming to reduce homelessness and poverty through education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0521680026
• ISBN 13: 9780521680028
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416