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Social Stratification and Inequality, 7/e
Harold R. Kerbo, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis


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PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Perspectives and Concepts in the Study of Social Stratification
Chapter 2: Dimensions of Inequality in the United States
Chapter 3: Social Stratification in Human Societies: The History of Inequality
PART TWO: EXPLANATIONS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION: STRATIFICATION THEORIES
Chapter 4: Social Stratification Theory: Early Statements
Chapter 5: Modern Theories of Social Stratification
PART THREE: THE AMERICAN CLASS STRUCTURE
Chapter 6: The Upper Class
Chapter 7: The Corporate Class
Chapter 8: The Middle and Working Classes
Chapter 9: Poverty and the Political Economy of Welfare
Chapter 10: Gender Stratification and Inequalities: The Persistence of Ascription
Chapter 11: Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity: The Persistence of Ascription
PART FOUR: THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
Chapter 12: Social Mobility: Class Ascription and Achievement
Chapter 13: The Process of Legitimation
PART FIVE: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION BEYOND THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 14: The World Stratification System: Dominance and Competition Among Core Nations
Chapter 15: Social Stratification in Japan
Chapter 16: Social Stratification in Germany
Chapter 17: World Stratification and Globalization: The Poor of This Earth