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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816424403321

Autore

Wysong Earl

Titolo

The New Class Society [[electronic resource] ] : Goodbye American Dream?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013

ISBN

1-4422-0529-6

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PerrucciRobert

WrightDavid

Disciplina

305.50973

Soggetti

Social classes -- United States

United States --Social conditions -- 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01.Class in America: The Way We Were; Ch02. The New American Class Structure; Ch03. The New Economy and the New Class Structure; Ch04. The Global Economy and Class Inequalities; Ch05. How the Middle Class Died; Ch06. Conflicting Class Interests and Class War; Ch07. The Invisible Class Empire; Ch08. Political Finance: It's Money That Matters; Ch09. Policy Planning and Classwide Lobbying; Ch10. The Information Industry; Ch11. Educating for Privilege: Dreaming, Streaming, and Creaming; Ch12. The Pacification of Everyday Life

Ch13. The Culture Industry and PacificationCh14. Class in the Twenty-First Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The New Class Society introduces students to the sociology of class structure and inequality. The fourth edition demonstrates how and why class differences in the U.S. have become more entrenched than ever. Revised and re-organized, this edition features a new introduction and shorter chapters that cover a wider range of topics-from the Great Recession to how electronic media shape our perceptions of class.