New Class Society

The New Class Society introduces students to the sociology of class structure and inequality. The fourth edition demonstrates how and why class differences in the United States have become more entrenched than ever. Revised and reorganized, this edition features a new introduction and shorter chapters that cover a wider range of topics-from the Great Recession to how electronic media shape our perceptions of class.

List of contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Class in America: The Way We Were

2 The New American Class Structure

3 The New Economy and the New Class Structure

4 The Global Economy and Class Inequalities

5 How the Middle Class Died

6 Conflicting Class Interests and Class War

7 The Invisible Class Empire

8 Political Finance: It's Money That Matters

9 Policy Planning and Classwide Lobbying

10 The Information Industry

11 Educating for Privilege: Dreaming, Streaming, and Creaming

12 The Pacification of Everyday Life

13 The Culture Industry and Pacification

14 Class in the Twenty-first Century

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors

About the author

Earl Wysong is professor of sociology at Indiana University Kokomo. He is a past president of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences and author of High Risk and High Stakes.Robert Perrucci is professor of sociology at Purdue University, a past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and former editor of the American Sociologist, Social Problems, and Contemporary Sociology. Together they are the authors of the award-winning book The New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream?

Summary

The New Class Society explores U.S. class structure, social inequalities, and the fading American dream. The book demonstrates how and why class inequalities in the U.S. have been widened, hardened, and have become more entrenched than ever. The fourth edition is full revised and updated, including new material on the recent economic crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Perrucci, Robert Wright Perrucci, Perrucci Robert, David Wright, Earl Wysong, Wysong Earl
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781442205284
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0528-4
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies