Part I. Constructing differences -- Race and ethnicity -- Social class -- Sex and gender -- Sexuality -- Part II. Maintaining inequalities: systems of oppression and privilege -- Social institutions: family -- Social institutions: education -- Social institutions: work and economy -- Social institutions: the state and public policy -- Social institutions: media -- Language and culture -- Violence and social control -- Part III. Experiencing difference and inequality in everyday life -- Part IV. Resistance and social change
