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Author Sernau, Scott.

Title Worlds apart : social inequalities in a global economy / Scott Sernau
Edition Second edition
Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, 2006

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 MELB  305 Ser/Was 2006  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents 1. The great debate -- 2. The global divide : inequality across societies -- 3. The Gordian knot of race, class, and gender -- 4. Class privilege -- 5. Race and class -- 6. Gender and class -- 7. Status prestige -- 8. Power and politics -- 9. Moving up : education and mobility -- 10. Abandoned spaces, forgotten places : poverty and place -- 11. Reversing the race to the bottom : poverty and policy -- 12. Challenging the system : social movements
Summary "The Second Edition of Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a Global Economy probes social inequalities in the American context. Global inequalities, however, are increasingly bound up with social stratification and inequality in the United States. The Second Edition of this innovative book reflects that trend. It is the only undergraduate text that provides a sociological framework for analyzing inequality within U.S. society as well as analyzing the relationship between global stratification systems and internal systems of inequality. Author Scott Sernau places each issue and dimension of inequality in the context of a changing global economy." "Worlds Apart is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying social stratification and inequality in sociology programs. It is also a textbook for other sociology courses such as race, ethnicity, gender, and class and social problems."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index
Subject Social stratification.
Equality.
LC no. 2005003218
ISBN 1412915244 (paperback)