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

Brand: Cambridge University Press

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UPC:
9780521680028
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
1/23/2012
Author:
Lisa A. Keister;Darby E. Southgate
Language:
english
Edition:
1
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Product Overview

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