Rigging the Game How Inequality Is Reproduced in Everyday Life

Name: Rigging the Game How Inequality Is Reproduced in Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780195333008

ISBN-10: 0195333004

ISBN-13: 9780195333008

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Schwalbe

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In Rigging the Game--a brief, accessible introduction to the study of inequality in American society--Michael Schwalbe investigates how inequality is both created and reproduced. Guided by the questions How did the situation get this way? and How does it stay this way?, Schwalbe tracks inequality from its roots to its regulation. In the final chapter, "Escaping the Inequality Trap," he also shows how inequality can be overcome. Throughout, Schwalbe's engaging writing style draws students into the material, providing instructors with a solid foundation for discussing this challenging and provocative subject. With its lively combination of incisive analysis and compelling fictional…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction: Thinking Sociologically About Inequality



The Roots of Inequality



Rigging the Game



The Valley of the Nine Families (a story)



Arresting the Imagination



Smoke Screen (a story)



Regulating the Action



Interview with Rania O (an account)



Escaping the Inequality Trap


Acknowledgements


Name Index


Subject Index