Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective

With income inequality on the rise and the ongoing economic downturn, the causes, consequences, and politics of inequality are undergoing a fundamental transformation. Updated and highly accessible, the fourth edition of Social Stratification provides refreshing take on existing theories, incorporates the latest data, and lends new perspectives to classic debates.

The fourth edition includes fifty new or updated readings and a new streamlined organization that allows the evolution of stratification scholarship to unfold in a systematic fashion. The new readings cover the latest research on economic inequality, including the social construction of racial categories, the new immigrant economy, new forms of segregation and neighborhood inequality, the uneven and stalled gender revolution, the role of new educational forms and institutions in generating both equality and inequality, and the extent of anti-gay discrimination in the labor market.

The result is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and methodologically diverse text appropriate for sophisticated undergraduate and graduate courses on poverty, inequality, social stratification, social problems, the labor market, social class, social mobility, and race and ethnicity.

• Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
• Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power, Privilege, and Inequality
• Hold Fast to Dreams: A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty
• Racial and Ethnic Groups (14th Edition)
• Learning From Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies
• The Marx-Engels Reader (Second Edition)
• Social Stratification and Inequality
• Whither Opportunity?: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances (Copublished with the Spencer Foundation)
• Regression Models for Categorical Dependent Variables Using Stata, Third Edition
• Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect