The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality
The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, Eleventh Edition reveals how social class affects our everyday lives, from who we marry and how we raise our kids to where we live and how we vote. Dennis Gilbert emphasizes the socioeconomic core of the class system. A major theme running through the book is the growing inequality in American society. The author describes the shift, beginning in the mid-1970s, from an Age of Shared Prosperity to an Age of Growing Inequality. Using fresh data on jobs, wages, income, wealth, and poverty, he measures the widening gap between the privileged classes and average Americans. He repeatedly returns to the question, "Why is this happening?" Economic, political and social factors are examined, and the competing explanations of influential writers are critically assessed. In the final chapter, Gilbert synthesizes the book’s lessons about the power of class and the forces behind growing inequality.

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The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality
The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, Eleventh Edition reveals how social class affects our everyday lives, from who we marry and how we raise our kids to where we live and how we vote. Dennis Gilbert emphasizes the socioeconomic core of the class system. A major theme running through the book is the growing inequality in American society. The author describes the shift, beginning in the mid-1970s, from an Age of Shared Prosperity to an Age of Growing Inequality. Using fresh data on jobs, wages, income, wealth, and poverty, he measures the widening gap between the privileged classes and average Americans. He repeatedly returns to the question, "Why is this happening?" Economic, political and social factors are examined, and the competing explanations of influential writers are critically assessed. In the final chapter, Gilbert synthesizes the book’s lessons about the power of class and the forces behind growing inequality.

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The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality

The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality

by Dennis L. Gilbert
The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality
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The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality

The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality

by Dennis L. Gilbert

Overview

The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, Eleventh Edition reveals how social class affects our everyday lives, from who we marry and how we raise our kids to where we live and how we vote. Dennis Gilbert emphasizes the socioeconomic core of the class system. A major theme running through the book is the growing inequality in American society. The author describes the shift, beginning in the mid-1970s, from an Age of Shared Prosperity to an Age of Growing Inequality. Using fresh data on jobs, wages, income, wealth, and poverty, he measures the widening gap between the privileged classes and average Americans. He repeatedly returns to the question, "Why is this happening?" Economic, political and social factors are examined, and the competing explanations of influential writers are critically assessed. In the final chapter, Gilbert synthesizes the book’s lessons about the power of class and the forces behind growing inequality.

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The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781544372396
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 09/03/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

Dennis Gilbert is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Hamilton College. His publications include The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America, 1880 to 1970 (2017), Mexico’s Middle Class in the Neoliberal Era (2007), and Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution (1991).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Social Class in America
Chapter 2 Position and Prestige
Chapter 3 Social Class, Occupation, and Social Change
Chapter 4 Wealth and Income
Chapter 5 Socialization, Association, Lifestyles, and Values
Chapter 6 Social Mobility: The Societal Context
Chapter 7 Family, Education, and Career
Chapter 8 Elites, the Capitalist Class, and Political Power
Chapter 9 Class Consciousness and Class Conflict
Chapter 10 Poverty and Public Policy
Chapter 11 The American Class Structure and Growing Inequality
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