Sernau, Scott.

Social inequality in a global age / Scott Sernau. - 3rd ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Pine Forge, 2010. - 368 p. ; 26 cm.

Previous ed.: published as Worlds apart. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. ROOTS OF INEQUALITY 1. The Great Debate 2. The Global Divide: Inequality across Societies PART II. DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITY 3. The Gordian Knot of Race, Class, and Gender 4. Class Privilege 5. Race and Class 6. Gender and Class 7. Status Prestige 8. Power and Politics PART III. CHALLENGES OF INEQUALITY 9. Moving Up: Education and Mobility 10. Abandoned Spaces, Forgotten Places: Poverty and Place 11. Reversing the Race to the Bottom: Poverty and Policy 12. Challenging the System: The Globalization of Race, Class and Gender

Scott Sernau offers a sociological framework for analysis of inequality within U.S. society as well as the relationship between global stratification systems & internal systems of inequality.

9781412977913 (pbk.) : £34.99 9781412977913 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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Social stratification.
Equality.
Society.
Social mobility
Population & demography
Social groups

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