Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes 5th edition
ISBN:0073528307
ISBN13:9780073528304
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Authors:Martin N. Marger, Martin Marger
Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes Description
Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes 5 Edition Highly readable and comprehensive, Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes presents an introduction to key concepts, research findings, trends, and theories in the major forms of social inequality: class, racial/ethnic, gender, and political. Students are encouraged to develop an awareness of the subtle and often unseen ways in which inequality is structured and how it impinges on virtually all facets of individual and group life. Although the focus is primarily directed toward American society, the text presents numerous cross-national illustrations that compare income, wealth, poverty, mobility, gender, and other dimensions of stratification in the U.S. to other societies. Emphasis is placed on the interweaving nature of the different forms of social inequality and on the role of public policy and ideology in shaping and sustaining inequality.