Great divides : readings in social inequality in the United States / [compiled by] Thomas M. Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shapiro, Thomas M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--United States.

Equality.

United States.

Marginality, Social--United States.

Marginality, Social.

Minorities--United States--Social conditions.

Minorities.

Social conditions.

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Women.

United States--Social conditions.

Minorities--Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xvi, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2005]

Contents:

Opportunity and inequality in the United States

How social stratification is generated

Class

Race and ethnicity

Gender

Class, race, and gender in an institutional context: Education and the environment.

I. Opportunity and inequality in the United States. Why inequality? / Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler, and Kim Voss

Economic restructuring and systems of inequality / Maxine Baca Zinn and D. Stanley Eitzen

A half century of incomes / Frank Levy

Social immobility in the land of opportunity / Jay MacLeod

Wealth in America: Trends in wealth inequality / Lisa A. Keister

II. How social stratification is generated. Theories of stratification. Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Class, status, party / Max Weber

Capitalism, patriarchy, and job segregation by sex / Heidi Hartmann

A theory of ethnic antagonism: The split labor market / Edna Bonacich

Stratification and society. Sponsored and contest mobility and the school system / Ralph H. Turner

Some principles of stratification / Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore

The uses of undeservingness / Herbert J. Gans

III. Class. Impact of globalization in the United States. A general framework for the analysis of class / Erik Olin Wright

Mass production in postmodern times / Richard J. Barnet and John Cavanagh

Globalization, immigration, and changing social relations in U.S. cities / Glenda Laws

New migrations, new theories / Douglas S. Massey, Joaquín Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and J. Edward Taylor

Power, division, and class. The structure of power in American society / C. Wright Mills

Weeding out the wealthy / Jeffrey Reiman

The American upper class / G. William Domhoff

Family matters, work matters? Poverty among women of color and white women / Lisa Catanzarite and Vilma Ortiz

Making ends meet at a low-wage job / Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein

IV. Race and ethnicity. Race in our time. The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line / W. E. B. Du Bois

Racial formation / Michael Omi and Howard Winant

American identity and culture. Optional ethnicities: For whites only? / Mary C. Waters

Campaigning for respect / Elijah Anderson

A history of multicultural America / Ronald Takaki

Race and ethnic division. The wages of race: Color and employment opportunity in Chicago's inner city / Marta Tienda and Haya Stier

The continuing causes of segregation / Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton

Black wealth/white wealth / Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro

Beyond the Melting Pot reconsidered / Elijah Anderson

Not everyone is chosen: Segmented assimilation and its determinants / Alejandro Portes and Rubén G. Rumbaut

Racial antagonisms and race-based social policy / William Julius Wilson

V. Gender. Understanding gender. Gender as structure / Barbara J. Risman

White privilege and male privilege: A personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women's studies / Peggy McIntosh

Theorizing difference from multiracial feminism / Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill

Conceptions of masculinity and gender transgressions in sport among adolescent boys: Hegemony, contestation, and the social class dynamic / Suzanne Laberge and Mathieu Albert

Gendered institutions. "Buddies" or "slutties": The collective sexual reputation of fraternity little sisters / Mindy Stombler

Women and work: Exploring race, ethnicity, and class / Elizabeth Higginbotham

Why does Jane read and write so well? The anomaly of women's achievement / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson

Women, men, and work in the twenty-first century / Barbara F. Reskin and Irene Padavic

VI. Class, race, and gender in an institutional context: Education and the environment. The vital link: Prep schools and higher education / Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Caroline Hodges Persell

The savage inequalities of public education in New York / Jonathan Kozol

Can education eliminate race, class, and gender inequality? Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and Stephen Samuel Smith

Environmental justice for all / Robert D. Bullard

Toxic waste and race in the United States / Charles Lee

Black, brown, red, and poisoned / Regina Austin and Michael Schill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0072825847

9780072825848

OCLC:

53796891

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