James R. Kluegel, Eliot R. Smith

Beliefs about Inequality (eBook, PDF)

Americans' Views of What is and What Ought to be

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Motivated by the desire to explain how Americans perceive 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. Beliefs About Inequality begins with a focus on people's perceptions of the most basic elements of inequality: the availability of opportunity in society, the causes of economic achievements, and the benefits and costs of equality and inequality. The book's analysis of the public's beliefs on these key issues is based on fundamental theories of social psychology and lays the groundwork for understanding how Americans evaluate inequality-related policies. The authors discuss the ultimate determinants of beliefs and the implications of their findings for social policies related to inequality. They propose that attitudes toward economic inequality and related policy are influenced by three major aspects of the current American social, economic, and political environment: a stable "dominant ideology" about economic inequality; individuals' social and economic status; and specific beliefs and attitudes, often reflecting "social liberalism" shaped by recent political debates and events.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351328999
• Artikelnr.: 49266026

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