New Class Society - Goodbye American Dream?

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

By Earl Wysong; Robert Perrucci and David Wright

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, Perrucci Robert, David Wright, Earl Wysong, Earl Perrucci Wysong, Wysong Earl
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781442205277
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0527-7
• No. of pages: 404
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General