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Creating and Contesting Social Inequalities: Contemporary Readings offers readings on a variety of topics, with a focus on the "how" of inequality. Rather than structuring the book topically, editors Carissa M. Froyum, Katrina Bloch, and Tiffany Taylor have organized the readings around social processes that reproduce and maintain inequality.This unique anthology includes social change readings throughout its entirety, rather than segmenting them at the end of the reader. It also features innovative data analysis exercises, reading questions, and social change projects. With its combination of generic processes, intersectionality, full incorporation of disabilities, global perspective, and data analysis exercises, Creating and Contesting Social Inequalities will challenge students to see themselves as agents in a system of inequality rather than passive learners.
This anthology investigates the mechanisms through which social inequalities are actively reproduced and maintained within contemporary society. Editors Carissa M. Froyum, Katrina Bloch, and Tiffany Taylor leverage their expertise in sociological research to curate a collection that shifts the focus from static topical analysis to the dynamic social processes that sustain systemic disparity. The text argues that individuals are active participants in these systems, providing a framework that encourages students to analyze their own roles in either perpetuating or contesting inequality.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Instructors and students frequently highlight the text's unique organizational structure as a departure from traditional topical readers. Experts note that the inclusion of active learning components makes it a practical resource for undergraduate sociology courses focused on social stratification.
Page Count:
496
Publication Date:
2016-02-15
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190238461
ISBN-13:
9780190238469
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