In this new volume noted scholars David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelnyi have assembled a compilation of the most relevant contemporary readings on social inequality that is also backed by a select list of the most fundamental classics, all from top names in the field.
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David B. Grusky is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University . His recent books include Inequality: Classic Readings in Race, Class, and Gender (Westview Press); Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and Men; Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Research in Sociology and Economics; Poverty and Inequality; and The Declining Significance of Gender?Szonja Szelenyi has taught at Stanford University, The University of Wisconsin, and Cornell University. She is the author of Equality By Design.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 2nd Edition. Oriented toward the introductory student, The Inequality Reader is the essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses. The editors have assembled the most relevant classic and contemporary readings, providing balanced coverage of inequality spast and present. The carefully selected essays are methodologically diverse and interdisciplinary in nature andcoverthe important course topics such as poverty, discrimination,andgender. With thirty new readings, the second edition provides expanded focus on policy issues, allowing students to learnaboutthe possibilities for improving inequality, as well as additional qualitative readings that make the scholarship more accessible and relatable. Now more than ever, The Inequality Readeris theone-stop compendium of all the must-read pieces, featuring the most important qualitative and quantitative scholarship in the field. Seller Inventory # 110253