UID:
almahu_9949384657602882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 488 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9780813375946
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0813375940
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9780813350653
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0813350654
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9780429499821
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0429499825
Content:
Why are so many types of inequality suddenly increasing? Should we be worried that we're moving into a "second gilded age" with unprecedented levels of income inequality? In this new collection, David B. Grusky and Jasmine Hill present readings that lay bare the main changes in the social and economic landscape, what's driving these changes, and what might be done to reverse them. This reader delivers the latest and most influential contributions on economic inequality, social mobility, educational inequality, racial and ethnic relations, and gender inequality. The contributions span many fields and are authored by such top scholars as Emmanuel Saez (economist, UC Berkeley), Kathryn Edin (sociologist, Johns Hopkins), Raj Chetty (economist, Stanford), Florencia Torche (sociologist, NYU), Thomas Piety (economist, EHESS), and Lucien Bebchuk (law, Harvard). The readings are thematically organized, and each section begins with an introduction from Grusky and Hill that place the selections within a broader context. The pieces are expertly excerpted, allowing readers to quickly understand the main forces at work, the debates still in play, and what's still unknown. The resulting collection is a pitch-perfect introduction for undergraduates or anyone interested in learning why we're entering a new era of inequality and what can be done to change the tide. --
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Part, 1 The Classic Theory --
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chapter 1 Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century /
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chapter 2 Classes in Capitalism and Pre-Capitalism /
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chapter 3 Class, Status, Party /
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chapter 4 The Conservation of Races /
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chapter 5 Women and Economics /
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part, 2 The Great Takeoff in Income and Wealth Inequality --
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chapter 6 Striking It Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States /
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chapter 7 Capital in the 21st Century /
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chapter 8 The Race Between Education and Technology /
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chapter 9 Why Is Income Inequality Growing? /
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chapter 10 Winner-Take-All Politics: Public Policy, Political Organization, and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in the United States /
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chapter 11 Unions, Norms, and the Rise in U.S. Wage Inequality /
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chapter 12 (Some) Inequality Is Good for You /
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part, 3 The One Percent --
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chapter 13 The Power Elite /
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chapter 14 The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class /
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chapter 15 Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There /
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chapter 16 Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite /
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part, 4 Poverty and the Underclass --
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chapter 17 Nickel and Dimed /
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chapter 18 Low-Income Urban Fathers and the "Package Deal" of Family Life /
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chapter 19 The War on Poverty 1 /
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chapter 20 The Rise of Extreme Poverty in the United States /
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chapter 21 Poverty and Child Development /
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chapter 22 Being Poor, Black, and American /
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chapter 23 American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass /
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chapter 24 Community Well-Being and the Great Recession /
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chapter 25 The Legacy of Multigenerational Disadvantage /
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chapter 26 Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty /
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chapter 27 Incarceration and Social Inequality /
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part, 5 Mobility and the American Dream --
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chapter 28 The Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor /
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chapter 29 Nonpersistent Inequality in Educational Attainment /
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chapter 30 Rationing College Opportunity /
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chapter 31 A New Social Psychological Model of Educational Attainment /
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chapter 32 Academically Adrift /
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chapter 33 Economic Mobility /
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chapter 34 Does College Still Have Equalizing Effects? /
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chapter 35 Paying for the Party /
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chapter 36 Ain't No Makin' It: Leveled Aspirations in a Low-Income Neighborhood /
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chapter 37 It's a Decent Bet That Our Children Will Be Professors Too /
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chapter 38 The Strength of Weak Ties /
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chapter 39 Networks, Race, and Hiring /
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chapter 40 The Great Risk Shift /
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chapter 41 Little Labor: How Union Decline Is Changing the American Landscape /
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chapter 42 Labor Market Shocks: Are There Lessons for Anti-Poverty Policy? /
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part, 6 Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality --
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chapter 43 Racial Formation in the United States /
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chapter 44 The Dynamics of Racial Fluidity and Inequality /
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chapter 45 The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants /
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chapter 46 Why Replenishment Strengthens Racial and Ethnic Boundaries /
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chapter 47 Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal?: A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination /
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chapter 48 Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration /
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chapter 49 Stereotype Threat and African-American Student Achievement /
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chapter 50 The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions /
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chapter 51 How Do Latino Immigrants Fit into the Racial Order? /
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chapter 52 Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class /
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chapter 53 Tiger Kids and the Success Frame /
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part, 7 Gender, Sexuality, and Inequality --
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chapter 54 The Social Construction of Gender /
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chapter 55 Fag Discourse in a Post-Homophobic Era /
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chapter 56 The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work /
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chapter 57 Opting Out? /
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chapter 58 Why Is There Still So Much Gender Segregation? /
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chapter 59 Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of "Blind" Auditions on Female Musicians /
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chapter 60 Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? /
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chapter 61 Why Race, Class, and Gender Matter /
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chapter 62 Do Openly Gay Men Experience Employment Discrimination? /
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chapter 63 The Gender Revolution: Uneven and Stalled /
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chapter 64 The Persistence of Gender Inequality /
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part, 8 How Inequality Spills Over --
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chapter 65 Income Inequality and Income Segregation /
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chapter 66 The Realignment of U.S. Presidential Voting /
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chapter 67 Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life /
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chapter 68 The Fundamentals of Fundamental Causality /
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part, 9 Moving Toward Equality? --
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chapter 69 Skill Formation and the Economics of Investing in Disadvantaged Children /
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chapter 70 Why Late Investments Can Work /
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chapter 71 Flexicurity /
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chapter 72 Reducing Poverty the Democratic Way /
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chapter 73 Tackling the Managerial Power Problem: The Key to Improving Executive Compensation /
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chapter 74 We Need to Have a Second Conversation /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Inequality in the 21st century. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2018] ISBN 0813350646
Language:
English
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https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429499821
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