Highly readable and comprehensive; Social Inequality: Patterns and Processes presents an introduction to key concepts; research findings; trends; and theories in the major forms of social inequality: class; racial/ethnic; gender; and political. Students are encouraged to develop an awareness of the subtle and often unseen ways in which inequality is structured and how it impinges on virtually all facets of individual and group life. Although the focus is primarily directed toward American society; the text presents numerous cross-national illustrations that compare income; wealth; poverty; mobility; gender; and other dimensions of stratification in the U.S. to other societies. Emphasis is placed on the interweaving nature of the different forms of social inequality and on the role of public policy and ideology in shaping and sustaining inequality.
#242561 in Books 2014-01-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.10 x 1.90 x 9.30l; #File Name: 0073407046944 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Excellent "World View" textBy FEMMy review is from a homeschooler's viewpoint using the Classical Approach. Will be using this text my 8th grader for spring semester along with the resources identified below as a "review" of middle school history studies.After much research of products; I selected the text for following four reasons:1) Enhances currently used resources and helps look at history: Needed more information than Alex Woolfe's "A Short History of the World" and connects historical events and trends across the world not dominated by Western viewpoint. Hyperhistory Online (see: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html) and Flow of History (see: http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/ )2) Found "World History for All of Us" site which is wonderful resource and I like it's approach to developing an understanding of history through themes (See: http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu.) It is through the WHfAoU site that I found Panorama.2) I wanted a WORLD view of history not dominated by the Western point of view3) Along with "World History for All of Us"; it provides a framework to look at global history events and how they tie together.Some specific things I'm enchanted with in Panorama:- the idea of looking at Africa; Europe and Asia as one continent...make so much sense to me.. it's the first chapter- the text has the most wonderful maps throughout which provide a panoramic view of the era being looked at (hence the than Panorama)- the Focus questions (highlighted in blue at the beginning of sections) are excellent in providing a basis from which to look at the events (also; are good test questions :)0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Should have bought new!By MissyBook came in great condition. No access code! Now I have to spend $85 on a code! Should have bought brand new!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Awesome RentalBy Nessa MeriMy book was in perfect condition! This was a great class and I loved learning from this source!
