Complex Inequality - Gender, Class and Race in the New Economy

The American economy is in good shape: profits are soaring, employment is expanding, and technological advances abound. Yet inequality between genders and among races still exists. In Complex Inequality, Leslie McCall sifts through the complexities surrounding wage differences and economic restructuring to provide an important new understanding of the differences gender, race, and class make in inequality. McCall's vision of inequality will offer a new way to approach and address the complexities of inequality.

List of contents

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Introduction 1. Restructuring Inequalities: A Gender, Class, and Race Perspective Part I 2. Configurations of Inequality: Intersections of Gender, Class, and Race 3. Industrial and Postindustrial Configurations of Inequality: Detroit and Dallas Part II 4. Breaking the Connection: Occupational Gender Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap 5. The Difference Class Makes: Gender Wage Inequality Among the College and Non-College Educated 6. The Difference Gender Makes: Wage Inequality Among Women and Men Conclusion7. The History and Politics of Inequality Reconsidered Technical Appendix References

About the author

Leslie McCall is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University.

Summary

Complex Inequality sifts through the complexities surrounding wage differences and economic restructuring in the US to provide an important new understanding of the differences gender, race and class make in inequality.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Mccall, McCall Leslie
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2001
• EAN: 9780415929042
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92904-2
• No. of pages: 254
• Weight: 470 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen
• Series: Perspectives on Gender
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Management, Society & culture: general, Office and workplace, Society and culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Social discrimination and social justice, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Harassment & Discrimination