Social class [electronic resource] : how does it work? / Annette Lareau and Dalton Conley, editors.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lareau, Annette
Conley, Dalton, 1969-
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2008.
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Variant Title:
Social Class: How Does It Work?
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • How class works : objective and subjective aspects of class since the 1970s / Michael Hout
  • Are there social classes? A framework for testing sociology's favorite concept / David B. Grusky and Kim A. Weeden
  • Education-based meritocracy : the barriers to its realization / John Goldthorpe and Michelle Jackson
  • Class and the transition to adulthood / Annette Lareau and Elliot B. Weininger
  • Breaking the class monolith : understanding class differences in black adolescents' attachment to racial identity / Karyn Lacy and Angel L. Harris
  • Bringing sibling differences in : enlarging our understanding of the transmission of advantage in families / Dalton Conley
  • Class and politics / Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks
  • Social inequality and health : future directions for the fundamental cause explanation / Richard M. Carpiano, Bruce G. Link, and Jo C. Phelan
  • Race, class, and neighborhoods / Mary Pattillo
  • What does class inequality among women look like? A comparison with men and families, 1970-2000 / Leslie McCall
  • Logics of class analysis / Erik Olin Wright
  • Two oppositions in studies of class : a reflection / John Goldthorpe
  • Reflections on "class matters" / Janny Scott
  • Class notes / Roger D. Hodge
  • Holding up a mirror to a classless society / Ray Suarez
  • Reading class between the lines (of this volume) : a reflection on why we should stick to folk concepts of social class / Dalton Conley.