Great Divides : Readings in Social Inequality in the United States

by Shapiro, Thomas M.

• ISBN13: 9781559348348
• ISBN10: 1559348348
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College

Summary

Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, the 47 readings in this anthology illustrate basic theories, concepts, and findings associated with social inequality in the United States. Many selections feature cutting-edge sociological research, providing students with new concepts and theories that inspire thought-provoking class discussion..

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
About the Contributors	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
Part I OPPORTUNITY AND INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES	7	(22)
1. The Diminishing American Dream	8	(9)
Sheldon Danziger
Peter Gottschalk
2. Why Inequality?	17	(6)
Claude S. Fischer
Michael Hout
Martin Sanchez Jankowski
Samuel R. Lucas
Ann Swidler
Kim Voss
3. The Equality Dilemma: Fair Play or Fair Shares?	23	(6)
William Ryan
Part II HOW SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IS GENERATED	29	(77)
Theories of Stratification	31	(36)
4. Manifesto of the Communist Party	31	(7)
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
5. Classes	38	(1)
Karl Marx
6. Class, Status, Party	39	(10)
Max Weber
7. Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Job Segregation by Sex	49	(4)
Heidi Hartmann
8. A Theory of Ethnic Antagonism: The Split Labor Market	53	(14)
Edna Bonacich
Stratification and Society	67	(39)
9. The Division of Labor and Occupational Stratification	67	(7)
Donald J. Treiman
10. Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School System	74	(5)
Ralph H. Turner
11. Some Principles of Stratification	79	(9)
Kingsley Davis
Wilbert E. Moore
12. Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis	88	(8)
Melvin M. Tumin
13. The Uses of Undeservingness	96	(10)
Herbert J. Gans
Part III CLASS	106	(108)
Class Formation	108	(31)
14. A General Framework for the Analysis of Class	108	(15)
Erik Olin Wright
15. The Primary Effects of Scientific Management	123	(7)
Harry Braverman
16. Mass Production in Postmodern Times	130	(9)
Richard J. Barnet
John Cavanagh
Power and Division	139	(20)
17. The Structure of Power in American Society	139	(6)
C. Wright Mills
18. Sociopolitical Pluralism	145	(5)
Marvin E. Olsen
19. The American Upper Class	150	(9)
G. William Domhoff
Class in the United States	159	(55)
20. Economic Self-Sufficiency in Present-Day America	159	(14)
John E. Schwarz
Thomas J. Volgy
21. Race and the Rise of Ethnicity	173	(6)
Lillian B. Rubin
22. The Crisis of the American Dream	179	(13)
Bennett Harrison
Barry Bluestone
23. The Bureaucratic Burden	192	(13)
David M. Gordon
24. The Politics of Generational Division	205	(9)
Katherine Newman
Part IV RACE AND ETHNICITY	214	(102)
Race in Our Time	216	(45)
25. The Problem of the Twentieth Century Is the Problem of the Color Line	216	(5)
W. E. B. Du Bois
26. The Truly Disadvantaged	221	(19)
William Julius Wilson
27. A Sociology of Wealth and Racial Inequality	240	(10)
Melvin L. Oliver
Thomas M. Shapiro
28. A History of Multicultural America	250	(11)
Ronald Takaki
Race and Ethnic Division	261	(55)
29. A Piece of the Pie: Occupational Trends	261	(11)
Stanley Lieberson
30. The Continuing Causes of Segregation	272	(16)
Douglas S. Massey
Nancy A. Denton
31. Black Wealth/White Wealth	288	(12)
Melvin L. Oliver
Thomas M. Shapiro
32. The Immigrant Enclave: Theory and Empirical Examples	300	(12)
Alejandro Portes
Robert D. Manning
33. Job Competition Between Immigrants and African Americans	312	(4)
Paul Ong
Abel Valenzuela, Jr.
Part V GENDER	316	(72)
Gendering Society	317	(18)
34. "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender	317	(10)
Judith Lorber
35. White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies	327	(8)
Peggy McIntosh
Structuring Gender	335	(53)
36. The Politics of Motherhood	335	(11)
Jill Quadagno
37. The Ceiling and the Wall: The Double Barrier to the Top	346	(8)
Ann M. Morrison
Randall P. White
Ellen Van Velsor
The Center for Creative Leadership
38. No Man's Land: Introduction	354	(15)
Kathleen Gerson
39. Women, Men and Work in the Twenty-First Century	369	(11)
Barbara F. Reskin
Irene Padavic
40. Comparable Worth: An Overview	380	(8)
Elaine Sorensen
Part VI CLASS, RACE AND GENDER IN AN INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT: EDUCATION	388	(51)
41. The Vital Link: Prep Schools and Higher Education	389	(12)
Peter W. Cookson, Jr.
Caroline Hodges Persell
42. The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York	401	(17)
Jonathan Kozol
43. Failing at Fairness: Hidden Lessons	418	(10)
Myra Sadker
David Sadker
44. Common Ground: Diver	428	(11)
J. Anthony Lukas
Credits	439