Social inequalities in comparative perspective / edited by Fiona Devine and Mary C. Waters.

This collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. Sociologists from around the world have contributed to this rigorous volume, drawing upon their own research in the fields of race and ethnicity, class and inequality, and gender and sexuality.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Devine, Fiona
Waters, Mary C.
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
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Physical Description:x, 318 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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