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Social inequality: patterns and processes Martin N. Marger

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston McGraw-Hill c2008Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 448 p. ill 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780073528151
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An introduction to the study of social inequality -- Theories of class and social inequality -- The American class system -- The upper class and the power elite -- The middle classes -- Poverty and the poor -- Stratification systems and social mobility -- Ideology and the legitimation of inequality -- Public policy and the class system -- Racial/ethnic differentiation -- Racial/ethnic stratification -- Gender inequality -- Political inequality
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Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack HM 821 .M37 2008 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 76627
Books Books Main Campus Library University of Eastern Africa, Baraton Main Stack HM 821 .M37 2008 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 76628

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-436) and index

An introduction to the study of social inequality -- Theories of class and social inequality -- The American class system -- The upper class and the power elite -- The middle classes -- Poverty and the poor -- Stratification systems and social mobility -- Ideology and the legitimation of inequality -- Public policy and the class system -- Racial/ethnic differentiation -- Racial/ethnic stratification -- Gender inequality -- Political inequality

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