| Description |
viii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
How class works : objective and subjective aspects of class since the 1970s / Michael Hout -- Are there social classes? A framework for testing sociology's favorite concept / David B. Grusky and Kim A. Weeden -- Education-based meritocracy : the barriers to its realization / John Goldthorpe and Michelle Jackson -- Class and the transition to adulthood / Annette Lareau and Elliot B. Weininger -- Breaking the class monolith : understanding class differences in black adolescents' attachment to racial identity / Karyn Lacy and Angel L. Harris -- Bringing sibling differences in : enlarging our understanding of the transmission of advantage in families / Dalton Conley -- Class and politics / Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks -- Social inequality and health : future directions for the fundamental cause explanation / Richard M. Carpiano, Bruce G. Link, and Jo C. Phelan -- |
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Race, class, and neighborhoods / Mary Pattillo -- What does class inequality among women look like? A comparison with men and families, 1970-2000 / Leslie McCall -- Logics of class analysis / Erik Olin Wright -- Two oppositions in studies of class : a reflection / John Goldthorpe -- Reflections on "class matters" / Janny Scott -- Class notes / Roger D. Hodge -- Holding up a mirror to a classless society / Ray Suarez -- Reading class between the lines (of this volume) : a reflection on why we should stick to folk concepts of social class / Dalton Conley |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social classes -- United States.
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Class consciousness -- United States.
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| Author |
Lareau, Annette.
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Conley, Dalton, 1969-
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| LC no. |
2007049696 |
| ISBN |
9780871545060 |
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0871545063 |
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