ROMERO MARY / Margolis Eric

Gebundenes Buch

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities

Beschreibung

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities is a first-rate collection of social science scholarship on inequalities, emphasizing race, ethnicity, class and gender sexuality, age, and nationality. The volume highlights themes that represent the scope and range of theoretical orientations, contemporary emphases, and emerging topics in the field of social inequalities. An international group of leading scholars gives special attention to debates in the field, developing trends and directions, and interdisciplinary influences in the study of social inequalities. They also identify likely new areas of research. An editorial introduction and suggestions for further reading round out the collection, making this a one-of-a-kind reference to the field.

Autor

Mary Romero is Professor at Arizona State University and the 2004 recipient of the Lee Founders Award given by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She is currently co-chair elect of LatCrit Inc. She is the author of Maid in the USA (1992) and her coedited books include Challenging Fronteras (1997), Women's Untold Stories (1999), and Latina and Latino Popular Culture (2002). Eric Margolis is Associate Professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University. His recent publications include: AIDS Research/AIDS Policy: Competing Paradigms of Science and Public Policy, Researchin Social Policy, Volume 6 (1998), and The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education (2001).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1368g
• ISBN-13: 9780631231547
• ISBN-10: 0631231544
• Artikelnr.: 22412506

Rezensionen

"The topic of social inequality is so vast that no onecollection of articles will ever be definitive. Having said that,this collection is as close to that mark as I have seen sinceBendix and Lipset's Class, Status and Power."Troy Duster, New York University

"The editors and the diverse group of scholars they havebrought together give us one of today's definitivesociological examinations of inequality. They remind us thatinequalities are produced, and they revisit the multipleinterpretations we have come up with over the decades."Saskia Sassen, author of Globalization and itsDiscontents

"The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities isone of those unique texts that transcend the limits of earlierefforts, transforming learning and teaching opportunities in itsarea. Highly recommended." Howard Winant, University ofCalifornia at Santa Barbara

"The book is an excellent international and up to date referencevolume on social inequality." Reference Reviews