Includes bibliographical references (pages r1-r68) and indexes.
Contents
Part I. Introduction -- 1. Perspectives and Concepts in the Study of Social Stratification -- 2. Dimensions of Inequality in the United States: Class, Gender, and Race -- 3. Social Stratification in Human Societies: The History of Inequality -- Part II: Explanations of Social Stratification: Stratification Theories -- 4. Social Stratification Theory: Early Statements -- 5. Modern Theories of Social Stratification -- Part III: The American Class Structure -- 6. The Upper Class -- 7. The Corporate Class -- 8. The Middle and Working Classes -- 9. Poverty and the Political Economy of Welfare -- 10. Gender Stratifications and Inequalities: The Persistence of Ascription -- 11. Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity: The Persistence of Ascription -- Part IV: The Process of Social Stratification -- 12. Social Mobility: Class Ascription and Achievement -- 13. The Process of Legitimation -- Part V: Social Stratification Beyond the United States -- 14. The World Stratification System: Dominance and Competition Among the Core Nations -- 15. Social Stratification in Japan -- 16. Social Stratification in Germany -- 17. World Stratification and Globalization: The Poor of this Earth.
