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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452987603321

Titolo

Social class and stratification : classic statements and theoretical debates / / edited by Rhonda F. Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2006

©2006

ISBN

0-7425-4632-2

1-4616-4340-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

305.50973

Soggetti

Social classes

Social classes in literature

Social classes - United States

Social structure - United States

Equality

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Classical Perspectives on Social Class; 1 Manifesto of the Communist Party Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; 2 On Classes Karl Marx; 3 Class, Status, Party Max Weber; Related Readings; Part II: American Stratification Theory; 4 What Social Class Is in America W. Lloyd Warner, Marchia Meeker, and Kenneth Eells; 5 Some Principles of Stratification Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore; 6 Some Principles of Stratification: A Critical Analysis Melvin M. Tumin; Related Readings

Part III: Neo-Marxian and Neo-Weberian Perspectives on Social Class7 Marxism and Class Theory: A Bourgeois Critique Frank Parkin; 8 Class Analysis Erik Olin Wright; Related Readings; Part IV: Non-Class Forms of Inequality: Statements on Gender and Racial Stratification; 9 Women and Social Stratification: A Case of Intellectual Sexism Joan Acker; 10 Capitalism, Patriarchy, and the Subordination of Women Heidi Hartmann; 11 Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism Maxine



Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thomton Dill; 12 Double-Consciousness and the Veil W. E. B. Du Bois; 13 Race and Class Oliver Cox

14 The Declining Significance of Race: From Racial Oppression to Economic Class Subordination William Julius Wilson15 Racial Formation Michael Omi and Howard Winant; 16 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection Patricia Hill Collins; Related Readings; Conclusion; Index; About the Editor

Sommario/riassunto

Bringing together the classic statements on social stratification, this collection offers the most significant contributions to ongoing debates on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality.