Social inequality :
Marger, Martin N.
Social inequality : patterns and processes / Martin N. Marger. - 4th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2008. - xvi, 448 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-436) and index.
An introduction to the study of social inequality -- Theories of class and social inequality -- The American class system -- The upper class and the power elite -- The middle classes -- Poverty and the poor -- Stratification systems and social mobility -- Ideology and the legitimation of inequality -- Public policy and the class system -- Racial/ethnic differentiation -- Racial/ethnic stratification -- Gender inequality -- Political inequality.
9780073528151 (acid free paper) 0073528153 (acidfree paper)
2007001655
Equality.
Social classes.
Social structure.
Marginality, Social.
HM821 / .M37 2008
305
Social inequality : patterns and processes / Martin N. Marger. - 4th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2008. - xvi, 448 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-436) and index.
An introduction to the study of social inequality -- Theories of class and social inequality -- The American class system -- The upper class and the power elite -- The middle classes -- Poverty and the poor -- Stratification systems and social mobility -- Ideology and the legitimation of inequality -- Public policy and the class system -- Racial/ethnic differentiation -- Racial/ethnic stratification -- Gender inequality -- Political inequality.
9780073528151 (acid free paper) 0073528153 (acidfree paper)
2007001655
Equality.
Social classes.
Social structure.
Marginality, Social.
HM821 / .M37 2008
305