United States Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Social Classes - General & Miscellaneous, Ethnic & Minority Studies - United States, Sex Role - United States, Inequality
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Overview
This textbook anthology takes a fresh approach to the study of inequality, promoting a sharper understanding of the intersection of race, class, and gender. It helpfully encourages students to grapple with research articles, both quantitative and qualitative, while offering a readable array of provocative essays, many of them written by prominent scholars. The aim of the text is to give students a more solid, analytical foundation for understanding inequality, while exposing them to the key public debates in American society. Arrighi's lively introduction appeals to student interests and leads them smoothly toward a deeper understanding of the sociological research contained in the book.
Editorials
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A comprehensive and timely text presenting traditional notions and emerging ideas on race/ethnicity, class, and gender. Most importantly, in examining its topics, it does not exclude the white males from its discussion, as many readers of its type do. This work would be an excellent text for any undergraduate courses in Law or Law and Policy. Students will be able to grasp the intersection of race/ethnicity, class and gender, and their legal implications. They will discover the ways in which laws and policies are devised to favor those in power, whole simultaneously oppressing those for whom laws and policies are supposed to protect.Ethnic and Racial Studies
The book's strength lies in the diversity of the extras which should provide undergraduate students with a strong sense of the dimensions of inequality.Hispanic Outlook
This textbook anthology takes a fresh approach to the study of inequality, promoting a sharper understanding of the intersection of race, class, and gender. It aims to give students a solid and analytical foundation for understanding inequality while exposing them to key debates in American Society.Sociological Abstracts
The stimulating essays in this anthology offer new insights into the intersection of race, class, and gender, and provide students with the conceptual tools needed to wrestle with the realities of structured inequality.Book Details
Published
February 1, 2001
Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2001.
Pages
392
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780847699148