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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

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