The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality

by Dennis Gilbert

• ISBN13: 9781412979658
• ISBN10: 141297965X
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-13
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

With fresh data on income, wealth, earnings, residential segregation by income, and other topics, The American Class Structure describes a consistent pattern of growing inequality in the United States since the early 1970s. Focusing on the socioeconomic core of the American class system, Gilbert addresses why class and inequality disparities are ever increasing by examining changes in the economy, family life, and politics in search of an answer-with a praised writing style that readily draws students into the debate.

Table of Contents

About the Author

Preface

Social Class in America

Position and Prestige

Social Class, Occupation, and Social Change

Wealth and Income

Socialization, Association, Lifestyles, and Values

Social Mobility: The Societal Context

Family, Education, and Career

Elites, the Capitalist Class, and Political Power

Class Consciousness and Class Conflict

The Poor, the Underclass, and Public Policy

The American Class Structure and Growing Inequality

Glossary

Bibliography

Note on Statistical Sources

Credits

Index

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