Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes

Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes introduces key concepts, theories, research findings, and trends associated with the major forms of social inequality. Students will gain a keen awareness of the subtle and often unseen ways in which inequality is structured, and how it impinges on virtually all facets of individual and group life. The 6th edition carries on the tradition of highly accessible and concise narratives, and includes extensive coverage of the latest issues in society both domestic and cross-nationally.

Martin N. Marger has taught at Michigan State University, Wayne State University, and Northern Kentucky University. He is the author of Race and Ethnic Relations: American and Global Perspectives, now in its seventh edition, Elites and Masses: An Introduction to Political Sociology, and many articles in ethnic relations, immigration, and political sociology.