Broke

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• Broke explores the consequences of recent unprecedented growth in consumer debt and shows how excessive borrowing undermines the prosperity of middle ... Lees meer

The Myth of Millionaire Tax Flight

Cristobal Young

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• In this age of globalization, many countries and U.S. states are worried about the tax flight of the rich. As income inequality grows and U.S. states ... Lees meer

Mobility and Inequality

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• How often do working-class children obtain college degrees and then pursue professional careers? Conversely, how frequently do the children of doctors... Lees meer

Snap Matters

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• In 1963, President Kennedy proposed making permanent a small pilot project called the Food Stamp Program (FSP). By 2013, the program's fiftieth year, ... Lees meer

Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China

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• The Chinese economy's return to commodification and privatization has greatly diversified China's institutional landscape. With the migration of more ... Lees meer

Shifting Ethnic Boundaries and Inequality in Israel

Aziza Khazzoom

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• Why do racial and ethnic groups discriminate against each other? The most common sociological answer is that they want to monopolize scarce resources-... Lees meer

Broke and Patriotic

Francesco Duina

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• Why are poor Americans so patriotic? They have significantly worse social benefits compared to other Western nations, and studies show that the Americ... Lees meer

Reconfigurations of Class and Gender

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• At a time when social commentators are increasingly likely to assert the "death of class" as a source of social inequality and conflict, this far-reac... Lees meer

Waiting on Retirement

Mary Gatta

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• America is witnessing a retirement crisis. As the labor market shifts to the gig economy and new strains restrict social security, the American Dream ... Lees meer

The Classless Society

Paul W Kingston

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• Are there classes in America? In The Classless Society Paul Kingston forcefully answers no. This book directly challenges a long-standing intellectual... Lees meer

Making the Transition

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• After the breakdown of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe, the role of education systems in preparing students for the "real world" changed. Thou... Lees meer

Mobility and Inequality

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• How often do working-class children obtain college degrees and then pursue professional careers? Conversely, how frequently do the children of doctors... Lees meer

Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America

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• American families are far more diverse and complex today than they were 50 years ago. As ideas about marriage, divorce, and remarriage have changed, s... Lees meer

Broke

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• About 1.5 million households filed bankruptcy in the last year, making bankruptcy as common as college graduation and divorce. The recession has pushe... Lees meer

Snap Matters

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• In 1963, President Kennedy proposed making permanent a small pilot project called the Food Stamp Program (FSP). By 2013, the program's fiftieth year, ... Lees meer

Income Inequality

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• This state-of-the-art volume presents comparative, empirical research on a topic that has long preoccupied scholars, politicians, and everyday citizen... Lees meer

Occupational Ghettos

Maria Charles, David B Grusky

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• The last half-century has witnessed dramatic declines in gender inequality, evidenced by the rise of egalitarian views on gender roles and the narrowi... Lees meer

Gendered Trajectories

Wei-Hsin Yu

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• Gendered Trajectories explores why industrial societies vary in the pace at which they reduce gender inequality and compares changes in women's employ... Lees meer

Broke and Patriotic

Francesco Duina

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• Why are poor Americans so patriotic? They have significantly worse social benefits compared to other Western nations, and studies show that the Americ... Lees meer

The New Gilded Age

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• Income inequality is an increasingly pressing issue in the United States and around the world. This book explores five critical issues to introduce so... Lees meer

Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Social Inequality
• The Chinese economy's return to commodification and privatization has greatly diversified China's institutional landscape. With the migration of more ... Lees meer

Analyzing Inequality

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• Analyzing Inequality summarizes key issues in today's theoretically guided empirical research on social inequality, life course, and cross-national co... Lees meer

On Sociology Second Edition Volume One

John H Goldthorpe

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• On Sociology --extensively revised, updated, and enlarged for this second edition--addresses the current state of the discipline. Looking to unify inc... Lees meer

Determined to Succeed?

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• In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The pres... Lees meer