Leonard Beeghley

The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States, The, CourseSmart eTextbook (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book distills out of the rich vein of sociological research some of what is known about the structure of stratification in the United States. It emphasizes the importance of power for understanding the structure of stratification.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317343790
• Artikelnr.: 43977025

Autorenporträt

Leonard Beeghley

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.  1. Sociology and Stratification.  Theoretical Perspectives on Stratification: Karl Marx
Max Weber
Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore
Ralf Dahrendorf
Gerhard Lenski.  Modernity
the American Dream
and Anomie.  A Strategy for the Study of Stratification: Historical and Cross-National Dimensions of Stratification
Levels of Analysis and Stratification
Power and Stratification.  2. Race/Ethnicity and Stratification.  Dimensions of Racial and Ethnic Stratification: Racial and Ethnic Stratification in the United States
Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Cross-National Perspective.  Anomie
the American Dream
and the Impact of Racial and Ethnic Stratification.  The Individual and Racial and Ethnic Stratification: Public Place Discrimination
Organizational Discrimination.  Social Structure and Racial and Ethnic Stratification: Historical Variations in Racial and Ethnic Group Mobility
Racial and Ethnic Inequality Today.  3. Gender and Stratification.  Dimensions of Gender Stratification: Gender Stratification in the United States
Gender Stratification in Cross-National Perspective.  Some Consequences of Gender Stratification: Authority and Gender
Victimization and Gender.  The Individual and Gender Stratification: Women's Choices
Discrimination.  Social Structure and Gender Stratification: The Decline of Gender Stratification
The Continuation of Gender Stratification.  4.Social Class and Stratification: Occupational Prestige and Class Identification.  Occupational Prestige: Occupational Prestige in the United States
The Meaning of Occupational Prestige
Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Occupational Prestige
The Stability of Occupational Prestige over Time
The Stability of Occupational Prestige across Societies?  Class Identification: Patterns of Class Identification
The Meaning of Class Identification
A Note on Employed Married Women.  5. Social Class and Stratification: Mobility and Status Attainment.  Social Mobility: Social Mobility in the United States
  Social Mobility in Cross-National Perspective.  Social Structure and Mobility: Structural Mobility
Circulation Mobility
An Example of Upward Mobility.  Status Attainment: Status Attainment in the United States
Status Attainment in Cross-National Perspective.  The Individual and Status Attainment: Two Vignettes
Social Class and Status Attainment.  Anomie
The Ameriacn Dream
and Stratification.  6. Political Participation and Power.  Types of Participation: Voting
Partisanship
Unruliness.  The Rate of Voting: Voting in the United States
Voting in Cross-National Perspective.  Social Structure and Voting: Type of Electoral System
Who Gets to Vote
Gerrymandering
Election Day
Registration Requirements
Degree of Inequality
A Note on Voting Technology and Counting the Votes.  Partisanship and the Role of Money in Elections: The Cost of Winning; Money
Winning
and Reelection; Where Does the Money Come From?; An Example.  Social Class and Political Partisanship.  Conclusion: Political Participation and Anomie.  7. The Rich.  The Characteristics of the Rich: Counting the Rich
The Basis of Great Wealth
The Concentration of Wealth.  The Historical Trend in the Distribution of Wealth: The Kuznets Hypothesis
The Colonial Era
The Nineteenth Century
The Twentieth Century
The Trend Since 1980.  The Origin and Expansion of Wealth.  Power and Wealth Inequality.  Social Class and Lifestyle.  8. The Middle Class.  Social Class and Job Perquisites: Paid Time-Off Benefits
Medical Benefits
Family Benefits
Pension Benefits
Top Level Perquisites.  Social Class
Income Inequality
and Income Transfers: Social Class and Income
Trends in Income Inequality
Tax Expenditures and Income Inequality
Income Inequality and Economic