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Inequality

A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender

Lisa A Keister author Darby E Southgate author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Jan '22

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Provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of inequality, covering key topics such as race, class and gender.

This textbook provides a contemporary and comprehensive introduction to the study of inequality. It introduces the theories and research methods used in the field and applies them to the areas that define inequality research, including race, class, gender, and education. It includes up-to-date quantitative data, newly interpreted for this edition.Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender offers a comprehensive introduction to the topics animating current sociological research focused on inequality. Contemporary, engaging, and research-oriented, it is the ideal text to help undergraduate students master the basic concepts in inequality research and gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which race, class, and gender interact with systems of social stratification. Following an introduction to theories and research methods used in the field, the authors apply these concepts to areas that define inequality research, including social mobility, education, gender, race, and culture. The authors include up-to-date quantitative evidence throughout. The text concludes by examining policies that have facilitated inequality and reviewing the social movements that in turn seek to reshape those structures. Though primarily focused on the United States, it includes a chapter on stratification across the globe and draws on cross-national comparisons throughout.

ISBN: 9781108940665

Dimensions: 246mm x 191mm x 27mm

Weight: 1280g

592 pages

2nd Revised edition