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UNINA9910145593003321 |
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Titolo |
Social inequalities in comparative perspective / / edited by Fiona Devine and Mary C. Waters |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-21377-2 |
9786611213770 |
0-470-70418-7 |
0-470-75357-9 |
1-4051-4312-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Equality |
Social stratification |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in the United States; 2 The "Language of Race," Identity Options, and "Belonging" in the Quebec Context; 3 Race and Ethnicity in France; 4 Racisms, Ethnicities, and British Nation-Making; 5 Working Poor, Working Hard: Trajectories at the Bottom of the American Labor Market; 6 Class and Social Inequalities in Portugal: From Class Structure to Working-Class Practices on the Shop Floor; 7 Understanding Class Inequality in Australia; 8 Talking about Class in Britain |
9 Research on Gender Stratification in the US10 The Japanese Paradox: Women's Voices of Fulfillment in the Face of Inequalities; 11 Catching Up? Changing Inequalities of Gender at Work and in the Family in the UK; 12 Gender and Work-Related Inequalities in Finland; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This unique collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. First-rate sociologists from around the world have contributed to this exciting and rigorous |
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volume, drawing upon their own research in the fields of race and ethnicity, class and inequality, and gender and sexuality. Contains original essays by first-rate scholars on issues of social inequalities around the worldFeatures research and examples from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Portugal, Finland, and JapanReviews research on issues of social inequ |
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