LEADER 03186nam 22006134a 450 001 9910145593003321 005 20230207224318.0 010 $a1-281-21377-2 010 $a9786611213770 010 $a0-470-70418-7 010 $a0-470-75357-9 010 $a1-4051-4312-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000406894 035 $a(EBL)233135 035 $a(OCoLC)475939889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247483 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218828 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247483 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198970 035 $a(PQKB)10415430 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC233135 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7076216 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7076216 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406894 100 $a20030707d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSocial inequalities in comparative perspective /$fedited by Fiona Devine and Mary C. Waters 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (330 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-631-22684-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSocial 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 327 $a9 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 330 $aThis 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 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 606 $aEquality$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aSocial stratification$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aEquality 615 0$aSocial stratification 676 $a305 676 $a305.5 701 $aDevine$b Fiona$0141991 701 $aWaters$b Mary C$0676343 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910145593003321 996 $aSocial inequalities in comparative perspective$92003155 997 $aUNINA