Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective

The book covers the research on economic inequality, including the social construction of racial categories, the uneven and stalled gender revolution, and the role of new educational forms and institutions in generating both equality and inequality.

Author: David B. Grusky
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/28/2014
Pages: 1196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 4.40lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.10w x 2.60d
ISBN13: 9780813346717
ISBN10: 0813346711
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- Social Science | Gender Studies

About the Author
David B. Grusky is professor of sociology at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, founder and coeditor of Pathways Magazine, and coeditor of the Stanford University Press Social Inequality Series. His recent books include Occupy the Future, The New Gilded Age, The Great Recession, The Inequality Reader (Westview Press), The Inequality Puzzle, Poverty and Inequality, Mobility and Inequality, Occupational Ghettos, and The Declining Significance of Gender?.

Katherine Weisshaar is a PhD candidate in the sociology department at Stanford University. Prior to arriving at Stanford, she graduated from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on gender, families, and income inequality.

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