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| Part 1 The Foundation of Social Stratification and Social Inequality |
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Chapter 1 The Road To Social Inequality: A Conceptual Introduction |
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The Rise of the Global Economy |
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The Conceptual Skeleton: Social Reproduction and the Impact of Capital Types |
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Social Reproduction and Schooling |
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Chapter 2 In Marx's Wake: Theories Of Social Stratification And Social Inequality |
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The Davis-Moore Theory of Social Stratification |
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Marxist Theory of Capitalism and Social Stratification |
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The Economic Structure of Marxist Theory |
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Marx's Capitalist Class System |
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Marx on Revolution and Its Aftermath |
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36 | (2) |
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The Marxist Impact Illustrated: Two Social-Stratification Theories |
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38 | (8) |
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Weber's Theory of Class, Status, and Party |
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39 | (4) |
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Piketty's Theciry on Wealth and Inequality in Capitalism |
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43 | (3) |
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46 | (8) |
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Mills's Power-Elite Perspective |
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47 | (2) |
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Domhoff's Theory of the Upper-Class-Centered Corporate Community |
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49 | (2) |
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Dye's Theory of the Institutional Elite |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 Repeat Performance: Globalization Through Time And Space |
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The Rise and Fall of World Systems |
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Conditions in the Development of World Systems |
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63 | (5) |
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Social Stratification and Social Inequality in the Global Setting |
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68 | (5) |
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The Global Spectrum: From the Very Rich to the Very Poor |
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Three Semiperipheral Locations |
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75 | (4) |
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Unions against Sweatshops |
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79 | (4) |
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Squatter Communities: A Global Surge |
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83 | (4) |
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87 | (8) |
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Chapter 4 Foundation For Social Inequality: Concepts And Structures |
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On Your Own: Social Class, Ideology, and Social Mobility |
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96 | (12) |
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Social Class in the United States |
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96 | (4) |
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100 | (6) |
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Fixation on Social Mobility: Where Is the American Dream? |
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106 | (2) |
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The Invisible Empire and Its Calculus of Control |
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108 | (22) |
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The Elite Policy-Making Process |
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109 | (3) |
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The Burgeoning Business of Lobbying |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (5) |
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121 | (9) |
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130 | (11) |
| Part 2 Class, Race, and Gender |
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Chapter 5 Heading The Hierarchy: Upper Class Or Superclass? |
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Getting Rich: From the High Seas to Hi-Tech |
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144 | (9) |
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144 | (2) |
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From the Robber Baron Era to 1970 |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (2) |
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The Old Rich Versus the New Rich |
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150 | (3) |
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153 | (10) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (6) |
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160 | (1) |
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Managing Upper-Class Wealth and Income |
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161 | (2) |
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The American Corporate Leadership |
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163 | (6) |
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The Superclass and the Power Elite |
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166 | (3) |
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169 | (8) |
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Chapter 6 The Badly Besieged Middle Class |
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The Emergence of the Middle Class |
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178 | (4) |
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Industry's Impact on the Middle Class |
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178 | (4) |
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182 | (10) |
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182 | (7) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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Establishment of the Middle-Class Life |
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192 | (9) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (4) |
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Networking: It's Who You Know |
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198 | (3) |
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The Lean, Mean Middle-Class Work Machine |
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201 | (8) |
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Middle-Class Workforce Changes Involving Downsizing, Outsourcing, and Temp Work |
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203 | (4) |
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The Middle-Class Struggle with Reemployment |
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207 | (2) |
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The Middle Class's Slippery Slope for Making Ends Meet |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (11) |
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Chapter 7 Working Class: Estranged From Entitlement |
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222 | (42) |
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223 | (10) |
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226 | (7) |
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An Overview of the Working Class |
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233 | (2) |
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Working-Class Development |
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235 | (9) |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (3) |
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241 | (3) |
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Working-Class Employment: Can the Dream Survive? |
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244 | (11) |
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246 | (2) |
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Blue-Collar Temp Work: An Expanding Reality |
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248 | (3) |
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Blue-Collar Workers' Challenges |
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251 | (4) |
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255 | (9) |
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Chapter 8 American Poverty: The Dream Turned Nightmare |
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264 | (59) |
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The American Poor through the Centuries |
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266 | (5) |
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Governmental Efforts to Reduce Poverty |
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268 | (3) |
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271 | (6) |
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The Pain of Family Poverty |
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277 | (3) |
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Poor Children's Child Care and Schooling |
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280 | (13) |
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Child Care in Poverty Areas |
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281 | (1) |
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Poor Children's Education |
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282 | (2) |
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Tracking in Poverty Districts |
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284 | (2) |
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High-Stakes Testing and Other Destructive Trends in Poor Schools |
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286 | (7) |
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Low-Income Communities and Their Social Capital |
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293 | (6) |
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299 | (6) |
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The Prospects of Low-Income Employment |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (3) |
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305 | (4) |
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Running the TANF Gauntlet |
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305 | (4) |
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309 | (14) |
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Chapter 9 Racism: A Persistent American Presence |
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323 | (64) |
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328 | (13) |
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Who's White and Who's Not |
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335 | (3) |
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Modern Racial Isolation and Oppression |
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338 | (3) |
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The Varied Impact of Race on Families |
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341 | (6) |
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The Influence of Race on Peer and Friendship Patterns |
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347 | (6) |
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Minorities' Frequent Preference for Racially Homogeneous Friends and the Case of Biracial People's Friends |
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350 | (3) |
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Race, Schooling, and Academic Success |
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353 | (5) |
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353 | (3) |
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Impact of Stereotype Threat |
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356 | (2) |
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Collision of Mass Media and Race |
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358 | (5) |
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Racial Minorities' Participation |
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359 | (3) |
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The Media Ingredients in a Lethal Cocktail |
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362 | (1) |
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Work and Racial Inequality: Contributing Factors |
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363 | (10) |
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Disadvantaged Context: Minority-Group Members' Unrelenting Battle against Poverty |
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365 | (4) |
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Stereotype Fallout and the Employment Process |
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369 | (4) |
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373 | (14) |
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Chapter 10 Women's Oppression: Sexism And Intersectionality |
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387 | (60) |
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A History of Second-Class Citizenry |
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389 | (5) |
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The Persistence of Sexism |
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394 | (20) |
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394 | (3) |
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397 | (2) |
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Schools and the Gendered Hidden Curriculum |
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399 | (3) |
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The Representation of Females in the Mass Media |
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402 | (5) |
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Women in the Modern Work World |
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407 | (7) |
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Sexism and Intersectionality: Prospects of a Double Negative |
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414 | (18) |
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Intersectionality: Black and Hispanic Women |
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417 | (7) |
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Intersectionality: Lesbians' Challenge for Equality |
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424 | (3) |
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Intersectionality: Poor Immigrant Women |
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427 | (5) |
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432 | (15) |
| Part 3 Addressing Inequalities |
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447 | (26) |
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Chapter 11 Social Inequality: Besieging The Beast |
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449 | (24) |
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Contemplating Strategies for Change |
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450 | (4) |
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454 | (11) |
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455 | (4) |
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The Revitalization of the Economy |
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459 | (6) |
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465 | (2) |
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467 | (6) |
| Glossary |
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473 | (6) |
| Index |
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