Understanding Inequality: The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742546799 ISBN 13: 9780742546790

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals of leading research universities, explores these issues as systems of stratification that work to reinforce one another. Understanding Inequality provides students and academics with the basic hermeneutics for considering new thought on ethnicity, class, and gender in the 21st century.

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This excellent book is a necessary compliment for studies in social inequality. It is applicable to all--not just those facing injustice. Understanding Inequality is strongly compelling to my students and it stimulates their critical thinking skills and helps them to question existing social relationships.--George P. Mason, Wayne State University

The book certainly is intended for social stratification classes. Students who read Understanding Inequality will have the benefit of comprehending the multiple dimensions of social stratification. Where most textbooks on inequality limit themselves to class analysis, Arrighi's anthology exposes us to both economic and non-economic facets of inequality. However, the book's worth is not limited to this. It can be used in theory, gender, race and ethnic classes. ...the anthology is iw worth considering for adoption. The editor needs to be praised for the hard work that she has put towards selecting relevant articles and for writing an excellent introduction and editorial notes.--Teaching Sociology

Synopsis

Arrighi (sociology, Northern Kentucky U.) presents a collection of 36 readings, the majority published in the past 15 years, offering students and academics an overview of current thought on racial/ethnic, class, and gender inequality in the 21st century. The second edition contains the majority of the readings from the first edition, and includes

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0742546799
• ISBN 13: 9780742546790
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 396
• Editor: Arrighi Barbara A.