Labour-market Inequality: Intersections of Gender, Race and Class

Resource type

Authors/contributors

Romero, Mary (Editor)
Margolis, Eric (Editor)
Brown, Irene (Author)
Misra, Joya (Author)

Title

Abstract

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities is a first-rate collection of social science scholarship on inequalities, emphasizing race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, age, and nationality. Highlights themes that represent the scope and range of theoretical orientations, contemporary emphases, and emerging topics in the field of social inequalities. Gives special attention to debates in the field, developing trends and directions, and interdisciplinary influences in the study of social inequalities. Includes an editorial introduction and suggestions for further reading. --Publisher's description

Book Title

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities

Series

Blackwell companions to sociology

Place

Malden, MA

Publisher

Blackwell

Date

2005

Pages

165-189

ISBN

0-631-23154-4

URL

https://archive.org/details/blackwellcompani0000unse_m4h6/page/164/mode/2up

Library Catalog

Library of Congress ISBN

Call Number

HM821 .B55 2005

Extra

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9780470996973.ch9

Notes

Contents: Part I. Conceptualizing inequalities. Historical perspectives on inequality / Charles Tilly -- Social exclusion: new inequality paradigm for the era of globalization? / Ronaldo Munck -- Unequal nations: race, citizen, and the politics of recognition / Sallie Westwood -- Intimate citizenship in an unjust world / Ken Plummer -- Domination, resistance, and subjectivity / Barry D. Adam. Part II. Epistemology, method, and inequality. Conceptualizing a critical race theory in sociology / Tara J. Yosso and Daniel G. Solorzano -- Environmental racism: inequality in a toxic world / David Naguib Pellow -- Labor-market inequality: intersections of gender, race, and class / Irene Browne and Joya Misra -- What counts? Definition, measurement, and legitimacy in studies of homelessness / Malcolm Williams. Part III. Family, community, and education. Children and inequality / Julia Wrigley and Joanna Dreby -- Parenting and inequality / Rachel Grob and Barbara Katz Rothman -- Migrant networks: a summary and critique of relational approaches to international migration / Steven J. Gold -- Race, education, and inequality / Caroline Hodges Persell and Giselle F. Hendrie. Part IV. Policy responses to inequalities. Beyond dependency: welfare states and the configuration of social inequality / Lynne Haney and Robin Rogers-Dillon -- Inequalities, crime, and citizenship / Nigel South -- Disability and social inequalities / Mark Priestley -- The culture of medicine and racial, ethnic, and class disparities in healthcare / Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Cara James, Byron J. Good, and Anne E. Becker -- The nervous gaze: backpacking in Africa / Claudia Bell.; Origins and contours of the population debate: inequality, population politics, and NGOs / Tulsi Patel and Navtej Purewal. Part V. Media, Technology, and inequalities. Selling images of inequality: Hollywood cinema and the reproduction of racial and gender stereotypes / Norman K. Denzin -- In the shadow of cultural imperialism: television and national identities in the era of globalization / Chris Barker -- Minding the cyber-gap: the internet and social inequality / Wenhong Chen and Barry Wellman -- New global technologies of power: cybernetic capitalism and social inequality / Stephen Pfohl.

Citation

Brown, I., & Misra, J. (2005). Labour-market Inequality: Intersections of Gender, Race and Class. In M. Romero & E. Margolis (Eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities (pp. 165–189). Blackwell. https://archive.org/details/blackwellcompani0000unse_m4h6/page/164/mode/2up

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