Transmitting Inequality

Wealth and the American Family

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

While the United States is the world's richest nation, the distribution of private property and wealth among Americans is often comprised of alarmingly disparate portions. With a rapidly aging and increasingly diverse population, the interdependence between generations, institutions, and social spheres has become essential to social stratification processes in contemporary American society.. In this authoritative work, Yuval Elmelech investigates the role that family transactions of material resources play in the stratification system. Drawing on empirical evidence from a broad array of sources, Transmitting Inequality provides an interdisciplinary framework for examining the social, demographic and institutional structures that shape the distribution of property and wealth in the United States.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-05-21
Mått:154 x 230 x 19 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742545854

Utforska kategorier

Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Yuval Elmelech is associate professor of sociology at Bard College and research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

Recensioner i media

This book is a welcome and important contribution to the stratification literature. Elmelech introduces an original conceptual framework for the study of stratification and inequality by delineating the social mechanisms underlying the causal relations between parental wealth and children economic wellbeing. By so doing, Elmelech expands the scope of stratification research from exclusive focus on labor market outcomes to the impact of family resources and family wealth on economic wellbeing. Transmitting Inequality thus, is a must for students of stratification and inequality.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: The Institutional Foundation of the Commodity MarketChapter 2: Demographic Changes and the Distribution of WealthChapter 3: Social Class and PropertyChapter 4: Social Policy and Economic InequalityPart 5 Part II: Wealth and WelfarePart 6 Part III: Inequality in a Multi-Ethnic SocietyChapter 7 Chapter 5: Families, Generations and Familial ResponsibilityChapter 8 Chapter 6: The Racial/Ethnic DivideChapter 9 Chapter 7: Intragroup Inequality and Social ClosurePart 10 Part IV: Financial Institutions, Demographic Transitions and Economic Polarization