Charles E. Hurst

Social Inequality

Forms, Causes, and Consequences

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Like past editions, this tenth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the pervasiveness and extensiveness of social inequality in the United States within a comparative context, to show how inequality occurs, how it affects all of us, and what is being done about it.This edition benefits from a variety of changes that have significantly strengthened the text. The authors pay increased attention to disability, intersectionality, immigration, religion, and place. This edition also spotlights crime and the criminal justice system as well a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Fitz Gibbon, Heather M / Nurse, Anne M

ISBN: 978-1-00-000735-0
EAN: 9781000007350
Produktnummer: 31880186
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 424 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'389 KB
Auflage: 10. Auflage
Abbildungen: 26 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Charles E. Hurst is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster in Ohio. His work focuses on issues of social status, comparative poverty and inequality, and the uses of theory in understanding contemporary problems. Recently these interests also include studies of status in Amish communities in Ohio.Heather M. Fitz Gibbon is Professor of Sociology and Chair of Urban Studies at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Her published research focuses on definitions of motherhood within the welfare system and on child care systems. She has also been an active community-based researcher, evaluating anti-poverty and family literacy community programs.Anne M. Nurse is Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Author of two books and multiple articles on juvenile incarceration and its impact on families and communities, she is an expert on inequality and the criminal justice system. She also teaches courses in statistics, criminology, and research methods.