TY - BOOK AU - Marger,Martin N. TI - Social inequality: patterns and processes SN - 9780073528151 (acid free paper) AV - HM 821 .M37 2008 U1 - 305 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Equality KW - Social classes KW - Social structure KW - Marginality, Social N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007001655.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2007001655-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2007001655-d.html ER -