Social Inequalities

<p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>Featuring an intersectional approach </span><em style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>Social Inequalities: Select Readings on Race Class and Gender</em><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);> introduces students to social inequalities embedded within society at both the micro and macro level. Through compelling scholarly articles students gain the knowledge necessary to address social inequalities and inspire social change.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>The anthology features six distinct units. Unit I focuses on race racism and immigration and features readings on racial formation defining racism and the consequences of racism on U.S. immigration policy. In Unit II students read about gender patriarchy and formal and informal discrimination against women at work. Unit III features coverage of social class power and privilege and Unit IV speaks to the tensions between wealth privilege and inequality. Students learn about inequality and discrimination within social institutions like schools housing and mass incarceration. The final unit encourages students to pursue social change and social transformation.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>Social Inequalities</em><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);> is an ideal reader for courses in sociology women and gender studies and race and ethnic studies as well as those that address social stratification and the intersectionality of race ethnicity class and gender.</span></p>