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Social inequality : patterns and processes / Martin N. Marger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2008.Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 448 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780073528151 (acid free paper)
  • 0073528153 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305 22
LOC classification:
  • HM 821 .M37 2008
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Contents:
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.
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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.