Inequality: Social Class and Its Consequences

This book offers an up-to-date portrait of the realities of social class and its consequences in the United States today, focusing on the increasing inequality gap; the shrinking middle class; the myth and realities of social mobility; the consequences of class for work, health care, education, the justice system, war, and the environment; and progressive solutions for reducing inequality and improving human life.

D. Stanley Eitzen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Colorado State University, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas. Although he is well known for his scholarship on homelessness, poverty, social inequality, power, family, and criminology, he is best known for his contributions to the sociology of sport. In 1996, he was selected to be a Sports Ethics Fellow at the Institute for International Sport.

Janis E. Johnston received her Ph.D. from Colorado State University, where she is currently an adjunct instructor. She has published several articles in the area of permutation statistics.