Name: The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality By Dennis L. Gilbert
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The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality by Dennis L. Gilbert

The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, Tenth Edition describes a consistent pattern of growing inequality in the United States since the early 1970s. Focusing on the socioeconomic core of the American class system, author Dennis L. Gilbert examines how changes in the economy, family life, globalization, and politics are contributing to increasing class inequality.

About Dennis L. Gilbert

Dennis Gilbert is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Hamilton College. His publications include The Oligarchy and the Old Regime in Latin America, 1880 to 1970 (2017), Mexico's Middle Class in the Neoliberal Era (2007), and Sandinistas: The Party and the Revolution (1991).

About the Author Preface Chapter 1 Social Class in America Karl Marx Max Weber Three Issues and 10 Variables What Are Social Classes? An American Class Structure Is the American Class Structure Changing? Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 2 Position and Prestige People Like Us W. Lloyd Warner: Prestige Classes in Yankee City Prestige Class as a Concept How Many Classes? Class Structure of the Metropolis Prestige of Occupations Occupations and Social Classes Conclusion: Perception of Social Rank and Prestige Classes Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 3 Social Class, Occupation, and Social Change Middletown: 1890 and 1924 Middletown Revisited Industrialization and the Transformation of the National Class Structure The National Upper Class The Industrial Working Class The New Middle Class National Occupational System The Transformations of the American Occupational Structure From Agricultural to Postindustrial Society The Loss of Manufacturing Jobs Women Workers in Postindustrial Society Transformation of the Black Occupational Structure Hispanic Workers in Postindustrial Society Wages in the Age of Growing Inequality Growing Inequality of Wages: Why? Harrison and Bluestone: New Corporate Strategies Frank and Cook: Winner Take All Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 4 Wealth and Income The Income Parade Lessons From the Parade The Distribution of Income Sources of Income Taxes and Transfers: The Government as Robin Hood? How Many Poor? Women and the Distribution of Household Income The Distribution of Wealth The Changing Distribution of Wealth The Changing Distribution of Income Income Dynamics Changing Tax Rates Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 5 Socialization, Association, Lifestyles, and Values Bourdieu: The Varieties of Capital Children's Conception of Social Class Kohn: Class and Socialization Lareau: Child Rearing Observed Patterns of Association in Early Life Marriage Styles Blue-Collar Marriages and Middle-Class Models Social Class and Domestic Violence The Marriage Gap Cherlin: The Disappearing Working-Class Family Informal Association Among Adults Formal Associations Separate Lives Residential Segregation Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 6 Social Mobility: The Societal Context How Much Mobility? Social Mobility of Women Circulation and Structural Mobility Declining Social Mobility American Mobility in Comparative Perspective Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 7 Family, Education, and Career Blau and Duncan: Analyzing Mobility Models Jencks on Equality The Fortunes of Sons and Daughters Who Goes to College? The Stratification of Higher Education Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 8 Elites, the Capitalist Class, and Political Power Three Perspectives on Power Mills: The National Power Elite Mills, His Critics, and the Problem of Elite Cohesion Power Elite or Ruling Class? Who Rules? Winters' Oligarchy The National Capitalist Class: Economic Basis The National Capitalist Class: Social Basis A New Elite? The National Capitalist Class: Participation in Government Money and Politics The Fate of Campaign Finance Reform Who Gives? What Do Rich People Want? Business Lobbies Policy-Planning Groups Indirect Mechanisms of Capitalist-Class Influence The Capitalist-Class Resurgence Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 9 Class Consciousness and Class Conflict Class Identification Correlates of Class Identification Class Identification, Political Opinion, and Voting Elections and the Democratic Class Struggle The End of the Democratic Class Struggle Why Trump? Policy Preference and Government Response Class and Political Participation Class Conflict and the Labor Movement The Postwar Armistice: Unions in the Age of Shared Prosperity Labor in Decline Hacker and Pierson: Winner-Take-All Politics Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 10 Poverty and Public Policy Roosevelt and the Beginnings of Welfare Rediscovery of Poverty: Kennedy and Johnson The Official Definition of Poverty How Many Poor? Who Are the Poor? Trends in Poverty The Transitory Poor and the Underclass Restructuring Welfare The Earned Income Tax Credit Persistent Poverty Economic Trends Changing Family Patterns Government Policy American Poverty in Comparative Perspective Conclusion Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Suggested Readings Chapter 11 The American Class Structure and Growing Inequality How Many Classes Are There? The Class Structure Growing Inequality Why? Hard Times in the Age of Growing Inequality Key Terms Defined in the Glossary Glossary Bibliography Note on Statistical Sources Index

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The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality by Dennis L. Gilbert

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Dennis L. Gilbert

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20180228

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