James R. Kluegel, Eliot R. Smith

Beliefs about Inequality

Americans' Views of What is and What Ought to be

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Motivated by the desire to explain how Americans per ceive and evaluate inequality and related programs and policies, the authors conducted a national survey of beliefs about social and economic inequality in America. Here they present the results of their research on the structure, determinants, and certain political and personal consequences of these beliefs. The presentations serve two major goals; to describe and explain the central features of Americans'images of inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781138519435
• ISBN-10: 113851943X
• Artikelnr.: 69945552

Autorenporträt

James R. Kluegel, Eliot R. Smith

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Thinking About Inequality
I: Dominant-Ideology Beliefs
3: Opportunity
4: Explanations for Economic Outcomes
5: Distributive Justice
II: Policy Attitudes
6: Redistributive Policy
7: Opportunity for Blacks
8: Opportunity for Women
III: Consequences of Beliefs About Inequality
9: The Political Significance of Stratification Beliefs
10: Personal Consequences of Beliefs About Inequality
11: Conclusions

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1: Introduction; 2: Thinking About Inequality; I: Dominant-Ideology Beliefs; 3: Opportunity; 4: Explanations for Economic Outcomes; 5: Distributive Justice; II: Policy Attitudes; 6: Redistributive Policy; 7: Opportunity for Blacks; 8: Opportunity for Women; III: Consequences of Beliefs About Inequality; 9: The Political Significance of Stratification Beliefs; 10: Personal Consequences of Beliefs About Inequality; 11: Conclusions