The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities

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List of Figures. List of Tables. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Conceptualizing Inequalities:. 1. Historical Perspectives on Inequality: Charles Tilly (Columbia University). 2. Social Exclusion: New Inequality Paradigm for the Era of Globalization?: Ronaldo Munck (University of Liverpool). 3. Unequal Nations: Race, Citizen, and the Politics of Recognition: Sallie Westwood (University of Manchester). 4. Intimate Citizenship in an Unjust World: Ken Plummer (University of Essex). 5. Domination, Resistance, and Subjectivity: Barry D. Adam (University of Windsor). Part II: Epistemology, Method, and Inequality:. 6. Conceptualizing a Critical Race Theory in Sociology: Tara J. Yosso (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Daniel G. Solorzano (University of California, Los Angeles). 7. Environmental Racism: Inequality in a Toxic World: David Pellow (University of California, San Diego). 8. Labor-market Inequality: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Irene Browne (Emory University) and Joya Misra (University of Massachusetts-Amherst). 9. What Counts? Definition, Measurement, and Legitimacy in Studies of Homelessness: Malcolm Williams (University of Plymouth). Part III: Family, Community, and Education:. 10. Children and Inequality: Julia Wrigley and Joanna Dreby (both City University of New York). 11. Parenting and Inequality: Rachel Grob (Sarah Lawrence College) and Barbara Katz Rothman (City University of New York). 12. Migrant Networks: A Summary and Critique of Relational Approaches to International Migration: Steven J. Gold (Michigan State University). 13. Race, Education, and Inequality: Caroline Hodges Persell and Giselle F. Hendrie (both New York University). Part IV: Policy Responses to Inequalities:. 14. Beyond Dependency: Welfare States and the Configuration of Social Inequality: Lynne Haney (New York University) and Robin Rogers-Dillon (City University of New York). 15. Inequalities, Crime, and Citizenship: Nigel South (University of Essex). 16. Disability and Social Inequalities: Mark Priestley (University of Leeds). 17. Culture of Medicine and Racial, Ethnic, and Class Disparities in Healthcare: Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good (Harvard Medical School), Cara James (Harvard University), Byron J. Good (Harvard Medical School), and Anne E. Becker(Harvard Medical School). 18. The Nervous Gaze: Backpacking in Africa: Claudia Bell (University of Auckland). 19. Origins and Contours of the Population Debate: Inequality, Population. Politics, and NGOs: Tulsi Patel: University of Delhi and Navtej Purewal (University of Manchester). Part V: Media, Technology, and Inequalities:. 20. Selling Images of Inequality: Hollywood Cinema and the Reproduction of Racial and Gender Stereotypes: Norman K. Denzin (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). 21. In the Shadow of Cultural Imperialism: Television and National Identities in the Era of Globalization: Chris Barker (University of Wollongong). 22. Minding the Cyber-Gap, The Internet and Social Inequality: Wenhong Chen (University of Toronto) and Barry Wellman (University of Toronto). 23. New Global Technologies of Power: Cybernetic Capitalism and Social Inequality: Stephen Pfohl (Boston College). Index