The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality - Couverture souple

Gilbert, Dennis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1412954142 ISBN 13 : 9781412954143

Editeur : Pine Forge, 2008

Synopsis

The American Class Structure in an age of growing inequality is a current, concise treatment of America's ever-changing class structure. Author Dennis Gilbert asks a deceivingly simple question: Why is social inequality in America increasing? This question is answered through discussion of nine key variables and the best historical and contemporary empirical studies of class inequality in American Society, providing students with a broad overview of social inequality in America.

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Dennis Gilbert is a professor of Sociology at Hamilton College His primary research interests are Latin American and American class system. Gilbert is the author of The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality (Sage, 2008), Mexico's Middle Class in the Neoliberal Era (University of Arizona Press, 2007), Sandinistas: the Party and the Revolution (Blackwell, 1988), and La Oligarquia Peruana: Historia de Tres familias (Horizonte, 1982). In 1990, he was research director to the successful congressional campaign of Bernard Sanders (Independent-VT) and later served as legislative assistant in Representative Sanders' congressional office. At Hamilton, Gilbert teaches a course on public opinion polling. In collaboration with the polling firm Zogby International, Gilbert and his students have conducted a series of widely reported national surveys, most examining the views of high school students, on such topics as gun control, gay rights, abortion, Muslims in America and patriotism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pine Forge
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412954142
• ISBN 13: 9781412954143
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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