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| Preface | |
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| An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality | |
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| Some Controversial Issues of Substance | |
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| Issues of Methodology | |
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| Organization of the Book | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Extent and Forms of Social Inequality | |
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| Economic Inequality | |
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| The Everyday Reality of Class | |
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| Two Views of U.S. Class Structure | |
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| Technology and the Shaping of the U.S. Class Structure | |
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| Income Inequality | |
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| Is the Middle Class Shrinking? | |
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| Wealth Inequality in the United States | |
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| The Global Context and the Impact of Globalization | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Status Inequality | |
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| The Theory of Social Status | |
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| Spheres of Status in the United States | |
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| Inequality in Appalachia | |
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| Globalization and Axes of Social Status | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Political Inequality | |
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| Portraits of National Power Structure | |
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| Distribution of Political Power | |
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| Interlinkage of Economic and Political Power | |
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| Ruling-Class Unity | |
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| Power Inequality in the Work Experience | |
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| Power Inequality in a Global and Globalizing Context | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Sex and Gender Inequality | |
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| The Status of Women in the Early United States | |
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| Present Occupational and Economic Conditions for Women | |
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| Microinequities in the Treatment of Women | |
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| General Theories of Sex and Gender Inequality | |
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| The Global Context and the Impact of Globalization | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Sexual Orientation and Inequality | |
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| The Complexity of Sexuality and Gender | |
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| Public Opinions on Homosexuality | |
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| Homosexuals as a Status Group | |
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| Discrimination, Legal Confusion, and Sexual Orientation | |
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| A Socioeconomic Profile of Homosexuals | |
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| Negative Consequences of Stigmatization | |
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| Globalization and Sexuality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Inequality | |
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| The Meaning and Creation of Race | |
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| U.S. Racial and Ethnic Relations: An Historical Sketch | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Inequality Today | |
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| Microinequities in the Treatment of Racial and Ethnic Minorities | |
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| The Intersection of Class, Race, Sex, and Gender | |
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| Theories of Racial and Ethnic Inequality | |
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| The Global Context, Immigration, and Globalization | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| General Explanations of Inequality | |
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| Classical Explanations of Inequality | |
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| Karl Marx (1818-1883) | |
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| Max Weber (1864-1920) | |
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| Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) | |
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| Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Contemporary Explanations of Inequality | |
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| Functionalist Theory of Stratification | |
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| Theories of Social Construction and Reproduction | |
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| Labor-Market Theories of Income and Earnings Distribution | |
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| The Recent Focus on Process Identification | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Consequences of Social Inequality | |
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| The Impact of Inequality on Personal Life Chances | |
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| Basic Life Chances: Physical Health | |
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| Basic Life Chances: Psychological Health | |
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| Basic Life Chances: Food and Shelter | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Deviance, Protest, and Inequality | |
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| Violence in the Family | |
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| Inequality and the Measurement of Crime | |
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| Street Crime and Inequality | |
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| White-Collar Crime, Corporate Crime, and Punishment | |
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| Hate Crimes and Inequality | |
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| Structured Inequality and Collective Protests | |
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| Social Inequality and Environmental Equity | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Social Inequality and Social Movements | |
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| The Labor Movement | |
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| The Civil Rights Movement | |
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| The Women's Movement | |
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| Inequality, Context, and Social Movements: A Synthesis | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Stability and Change in the System of Social Inequality | |
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| Social Mobility and Status Attainment: Openness in U.S. Society | |
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| Questions Concerning Openness | |
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| U.S. Mobility over Time | |
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| Comparative Studies of Mobility | |
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| Status Attainment: What Determines How Far One Goes? | |
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| Mobility and Attainment Process among African Americans | |
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| Patterns of Mobility and Attainment among Women | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Justice and Legitimacy: Assessments of the Structure of Inequality | |
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| U.S. Attitudes about the Distribution of Income and Wealth | |
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| What is a Just Distribution? | |
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| Bases for the Legitimation of Structured Inequality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Addressing Inequality and Poverty: Programs and Reforms | |
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| Addressing Inequality | |
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| The Conundrum of Defining Poverty | |
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| Levels of and Trends in Poverty | |
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| Perceptions of the Poor and Theories of Poverty | |
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| Poverty Programs | |
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| Flaws in pre-1996 Assistance Programs | |
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| Welfare Reform | |
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| Suggestions for Reducing Inequality | |
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| Summary | |
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| Critical Thinking | |
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| Web Connections | |
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| Glossary of Basic Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |