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.
Subjects:
Equality > Cross-cultural studies.
Social stratification > Cross-cultural studies.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
Physical Description:x, 318 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Race, ethnicity, and immigration in the United States / Mary C. Waters
  • The 'language of race', identity options, and 'belonging' in the Quebec context / Micheline Labelle
  • Race and ethnicity in France / Riva Kastoryano
  • Racisms, ethnicities, and British nation-making / Liviu Popoviciu and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
  • Working poor, working hard: trajectories at the bottom of the American labor market / Katherine Newman and Chauncy Lennon
  • Class and social inequalities in Portugal: from class structure to working-class practices on the shop floor / Elisio Estanque
  • Understanding class inequality in Australia / Bill Martin and Judy Wajcman
  • Talking about class in Britain / Fiona Devine
  • Research on gender stratification in the US / Christine L. Williams, Patti A. Giuffre, and Kristen A. Dellinger
  • The Japanese paradox: women's voices of fulfillment in the face of inequalities / Yuko Ogasawara
  • Catching up? changing inequalities of gender at work and in the family in the UK / Harriet Bradley
  • Gender and work-related inequalities in Finland / Paivi Korvajarvi.