Kerbo, Harold R.
Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• pt. I: Introduction — 1. Perspectives and concepts in the study of social stratification — Social stratification in the modern world system — 2. Dimensions of inequality in the United States — Income and wealth inequality — Inequality in basic necessities — Health inequalities — Unequal political outputs — Dimensions of inequality: a conclusion — 3. Social stratification in human societies: the history of inequality — Varieties of human stratification systems — The emergence of inequality and social stratification — The reduction of inequality with industrial and postindustrial societies — Conclusion: the history of inequality –
• pt. II: Explanations of social stratification: stratification theories — 4. Social stratification theory: early statements — Competing paradigms in the study of social stratification — The Marxian heritage in social stratification: the development of critical-conflict paradigm — Social change — The Marxian view of class — Max Weber: an alternative conflict paradigm — An uncritical-order paradigm matures: the functional theory of Émile Durkheim — The classical period of sociological theory: a summary — 5. Modern theories of social stratification — Views of social stratification in America: early years — Functional theories of social stratification — Conflict theories of social stratification — The bases of class stratification and class location — Theories of social stratification: a conclusion –
• pt. III: The American class structure — 6. The upper class — Locating the upper class — Upper-class dominance today? — The upper class as a governing class — The upper class: a conclusion — 7. The corporate class — The upper class as ruling class: a critique — The structure of corporate concentration: foundation for a corporate class — The concentration of economic and political power: so what? — The corporate class: conclusion — 8. The middle and working classes — The middle and working classes in the system of social stratification — The middle class and working class: recent historical changes — Some consequences of class position — Middle-class and working-class positions in the structures of economic and political power — 9. Poverty and the political economy of welfare — A brief history of poverty in America — Counting the poor — The extent of poverty in the United States — Theories of poverty — Class conflict and the Welfare State — 10. Gender stratification and inequalities: the persistence of ascription — Sex and gender — Gender inequalities — Educational attainment and gender — Gender inequality in global perspective — A history of gender stratification — Theories of gender stratification — Class effects on gender income inequality — 11. Inequalities of race and ethnicity: the persistence of ascription — Race and ethnicity: some definitions — The inequalities of race and ethnicity — A history of race and ethnic stratification — Global immigration: a comparative view of the new dimensions of global race and ethnic conflicts — Theoretical explanations of race and ethnic inequalities –
• pt. IV: The process of social stratification — 12. Social mobility: class ascription and achievement — Social mobility — The attainment process — 13. The process of legitimation — The macroprocess of legitimation: building support for specific forms of inequality –
• pt. V: Social stratification beyond the United States — 14. The world stratification system: dominance and competition among core nations — Characteristics of the world stratification system — Development of the modern world system — A brief history of core conflict and hegemony — American inequality and the future of core conflict — Capitalist models and core competition in the 21st century — The global corporate class — 15. Social stratification in Japan — Ranking in Japan: some introductory observations — A history of social stratification in Japan — The structural bases of social stratification in Japan — Japan’s power elite — Achievement and ascription in modern Japan — Inequality and status ranking in Japan — Core competition in the 21st century: whither Japan — 16. Social stratification in Germany — A brief history of the German political economy — Social stratification in Germany: some basic similarities – an a few differences — Corporate and bureaucratic elites — German workers and codetermination laws — Conclusion — 17. World stratification and globalization: the poor of this earth — The extent of world poverty — The world system and economic development in periphery nations: why some of the world’s poor remain poor — Global corporations can do harm: some evidence — World system effects on noncore stratification systems — The characteristics of East and Southeast Asian nations: the exceptions behind the Asian economic miracles — Asian traditions and forms of social organization: some commonalities — The case of Thailand — The world stratification system: a conclusion and perspective on the future.

Subjects:

• Social classes — United States.
• Social conflict — United States.
• Equality — United States.
• Social mobility — United States.

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