Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 327
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

• Contains original essays by first-rate scholars on issues of social inequalities around the world
• Features research and examples from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Portugal, Finland, and Japan
• Reviews research on issues of social inequalities from the fields of race, class, and gender
• Reflects on methodological issues and the strengths of qualitative research
• Provides students with an important overview of the development of social stratification studies

Content:
Chapter 1 Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in the United States (pages 20–38): Mary C. Waters
Chapter 2 The “Language of Race”, Identity Options, and “Belonging” in the Quebec Context (pages 39–65): Micheline Labelle
Chapter 3 Race and Ethnicity in France (pages 66–88): Riva Kastoryano
Chapter 4 Racisms, Ethnicities, and British Nation?Making (pages 89–115): Liviu Popoviciu and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
Chapter 5 Working Poor, Working Hard: Trajectories at the Bottom of the American Labor Market (pages 116–140): Katherine Newman and Chauncy Lennon
Chapter 6 Class and Social Inequalities in Portugal (pages 141–162): Elisio Estanque
Chapter 7 Understanding Class Inequality in Australia (pages 163–190): Bill Martin and Judy Wajcman
Chapter 8 Talking about Class in Britain (pages 191–213): Fiona Devine
Chapter 9 Research on Gender Stratification in the US (pages 214–236): Christine L. Williams, Patti A. Giuffre and Kirsten A. Dellinger
Chapter 10 The Japanese Paradox (pages 237–256): Yuko Ogasawara
Chapter 11 Catching up? (pages 257–282): Harriet Bradley
Chapter 12 Gender and Work?Related Inequalities in Finland (pages 283–306): Paivi Korvajarvi