Facing Social Class

by Fiske, Susan T.; Markus, Hazel Rose

• ISBN13: 9780871544797
• ISBN10: 0871544792
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-30
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Introduction: A Wide-Angle Lens on the Psychology of Social Class	p. 1
Pervasive Ideas and Social Class	p. 13
Sociological Perspectives on the Face-to-Face Enactment of Class Distinction	p. 15
The Class Culture Gap	p. 39
Institutions and Social Class	p. 59
Class, Cultural Capital, and Institutions: The Case of Families and Schools	p. 61
It's Your Choice: How the Middle-Class Model of Independence Disadvantages Working-Class Americans	p. 87
Interactions and Social Class	p. 107
Déjà Vu: The Continuing Misrecognition of Low-Income Children's Verbal Abilities	p. 109
Class Rules, Status Dynamics, and "Gateway" Interactions	p. 131
The Intersection of Resources and Rank: Signaling Social Class in Face-to-Face Encounters	p. 152
Individuals and Social Class	p. 173
Behavioral Decision Research, Social Class, and Implications for Public Policy	p. 175
When Hard and Soft Class: Class-Based Individualisms in Manhattan and Queens	p. 195
Putting Race in Context: Socioeconomic Status Predicts Racial Fluidity	p. 216
The Secret Handshake: Trust in Cross-Class Encounters	p. 234
Index	p. 253
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