Bringing together the classic statements on social stratification, this collection offers the most significant contributions to ongoing debates on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality.
This third edition of Class and Stratification has been extensively revised, expanded and updated, incorporating discussions of contemporary economic and social change.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of social stratification using both Marxian and liberal perspectives. The Second Edition has been updated and rewritten throughout to...
To allocate individuals by class, the new National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC) is used—in its seven-category version—which is specifically designed to capture differences in employment relations (Rose & Pevalin, ...
Substantially the same resulthas emerged from studies of a rangeofother countries(Blossfeld and Shavit 1993). Similarly the chances of access to different destination classes asbetween men of different origin classesappear to have been ...
Granovetter (1995). Beeghley et al. (1981), Gallup Poll (1997:13). Royster (2003). On the spatial mismatch hypothesis, see Kain (1968), Mouw (2000). On the movement of jobs to the suburbs, see Kasarda (1995), Brennan and Hill (1999).
Social Stratification: The American Class System in Comparative Perspective
Provides a reference to the hierarchy of social classes in society. This book describes the class structure in the United States, focusing on the way people's class location influences their...
Structured Social Inequality: A Reader in Comparative Social Stratification
With clear explanations of essential concepts, this book draws on empirical data from the UK and other countries to illustrate the nature and scale of inequalities according to social background, discussing the interactions of class-based ...
The second edition retains the book's conceptual organization, aligning to most courses, and has been significantly updated to reflect the latest research and provide examples most relevant to today's students.