11th Edition
Social Inequality Forms, Causes, and Consequences
Preface Acknowledgments 1. An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality Part 1: Extent and Forms of Social Inequality 2. Poverty, Wealth, and Inequality 3. Class, Governmental Policy, and Mobility 4. Status Inequality 5. Power Part 2: Causes of Inequality 6. Classical Explanations of Inequality 7. Contemporary Explanations of Inequality Part 3: Winners and Losers 8. Sex and Gender Inequality 9. Sexual Orientation and Inequality 10. Racial and Ethnic Inequality 11. Immigration, Place, and Religion Part 4: Consequences of Social Inequality 12. Inequality, Health, and the Environment 13. Inequality, Crime, and Criminal Justice Part 5: Social Change 14. Social Inequality and Social Movements 15. Policy Alternatives Glossary of Basic Terms References
Biography
Heather M. Fitz Gibbon is a Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. Her research focuses on poverty in micropolitan regions, motherhood within the welfare system, and childcare systems. She has been a community-based researcher, evaluating anti-poverty and family literacy community programs.
Anne M. Nurse is a Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. Her published work is on juvenile corrections and child sexual abuse prevention. She most recently published Confronting Child Sexual Abuse.
Charles E. Hurst is an emeritus Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. His work focuses on issues of social status, comparative poverty and inequality, and the uses of theories in understanding contemporary problems. Recently, these interests also include studies of status in Amish communities in Ohio.
