Part I Roots of Inequality
Chapter 1 The Gordian Knot of Race, Class, and Gender
Dimensions of an Unequal World
Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States
The Development of Inequality: Race, Class, and Gender Across Societies
A Social Network Understanding of Inequality
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 2 The Great Debate
Max Weber and Life Chances
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 3 The Global Divide: Inequality Across Societies
Worlds Coming Apart and Coming Together
Globalization: The Ties That Bind
Immigration: Seeking to Cross the Divide
For Review and Discussion
Part II Dimensions of Inequality
Chapter 4 Class Privilege
Death and Taxes: Redirecting Wealth and Income
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 5 Racial and Ethnic Inequality
A Debt Unpaid: Internal Colonialism
Middleman Minorities and Ethnic Solidarity
The Analytic Debate: Cultures and Structures of Poverty
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 6 Gender and Sexual Inequality
From Glass Slippers to Glass Ceilings
Work and Family: The Double Burden and the Second Shift
Gender and Class Around the World
Changing Norms on Gender and Sexuality
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 7 Status Prestige
Socialization: Acquiring Marks of Distinction
Association: Whom You Know
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Destitute
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 8 Power and Politics
People Power and Powerful People
Who Rules? The Power Elite Debate
Changing the Rules: Campaign Finance Reform
Global Power: Who Really Rules?
For Review and Discussion
Part III Challenges of Inequality
Chapter 9 Moving Up: Education and Mobility
Education: Opening Doors, Opening Minds
Ladders With Broken Rungs
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 10 Abandoned Spaces, Forgotten Places: Poverty and Place
Urban Poverty: Abandoned Spaces
The Making and Unmaking of the Postindustrial City
Brain-Gain and Brain-Drain Cities
Suburban Poverty: The Urban Fringe
Rural Poverty: Forgotten Places
Poverty in the Global Ghetto
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 11 Reversing the Race to the Bottom: Poverty and Policy
The Challenge of the Margins: Antipoverty Programs
Extreme Poverty: Homelessness and Hunger
Poverty Programs Among Advanced Industrial Nations
The Private World of Poverty
For Review and Discussion
Chapter 12 Challenging the System: Social Movements in a Global Age
The Enduring Struggle: The Labor Movement
Gender and Power: The Women’s Movement
Respect and Rights: Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Equal Access
Race and Power: The Civil Rights Movement
The Happiest Places on Earth
For Review and Discussion