Understanding Inequality: The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender - Softcover

Arrighi, Barbara A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742546799 ISBN 13: 9780742546790

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals of leading research universities, explores these issues as systems of stratification that work to reinforce one another. Understanding Inequality provides students and academics with the basic hermeneutics for considering new thought on ethnicity, class, and gender in the 21st century.

About this title

About the Author

Barabara A. Arrighi is associate professor of sociology at Northern Kentucky University.

Review

The book certainly is intended for social stratification classes. Students who read Understanding Inequality will have the benefit of comprehending the multiple dimensions of social stratification. Where most textbooks on inequality limit themselvesto class analysis, Arrighi's anthology exposes us to both economic and non-economic facets of inequality. However, the book's worth is not limited to this. It can be used in theory, gender, race and ethnic classes. ...the anthology is iw worth considering for adoption. The editor needs to be praised for the hard work that she has put towards selecting relevant articles and for writing an excellent introduction and editorial notes... (Teaching Sociology)

This excellent book is a necessary compliment for studies in social inequality. It is applicable to all―not just those facing injustice. Understanding Inequality is strongly compelling to my students and it stimulates their critical thinking skills and helps them to question existing social relationships.... (George P. Mason, Wayne State University)

This excellent book is a necessary compliment for studies in social inequality. It is applicable to all―not just those facinginjustice. Understanding Inequality is strongly compelling to my students and it stimulates their critical thinking skills and helps them to question existing social relationships. (George P. Mason, Wayne State University)

The book certainly is intended for social stratification classes. Students who read Understanding Inequality will have the benefit of comprehending the multiple dimensions of social stratification. Where most textbooks on inequality limit themselves to class analysis, Arrighi's anthology exposes us to both economic and non-economic facets of inequality. However, the book's worth is not limited to this. It can be used in theory, gender, race and ethnic classes. ...the anthology is iw worth considering for adoption. The editor needs to be praised for the hard work that she has put towards selecting relevant articles and for writing an excellent introduction and editorial notes. (Teaching Sociology)

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0742546799
• ISBN 13: 9780742546790
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 396