Barabara A. Arrighi is associate professor of sociology at Northern Kentucky University.

The book certainly is intended for social stratification classes. Students who read Understanding Inequality will have the benefit of comprehending the multiple dimensions of social stratification. Where most textbooks on inequality limit themselvesto class analysis, Arrighi's anthology exposes us to both economic and non-economic facets of inequality. However, the book's worth is not limited to this. It can be used in theory, gender, race and ethnic classes. ...the anthology is iw worth considering for adoption. The editor needs to be praised for the hard work that she has put towards selecting relevant articles and for writing an excellent introduction and editorial notes...

• Part 1 Helpful Conceptual ToolsChapter 1 Mysterious Power of Social StructuresChapter 2 "They" Are All the Same, but Each Member of My Group is UniquePart 2 Embedded Ideology: Racism/Ethnocentrism and SexismPart 3 The Other Wears Many FacesChapter 3 Black Women and FeminismChapter 4 Divining Our Racial ThemesPart 4 Structured Inequality-The Invisible Iron Cage of ClassChapter 5 Size 6: The Western Women's HaremPart 5 Structured Inequality-Race/EthnicityChapter 6 Diversity and Its DiscontentsPart 6 Structured Inequality-Acquiring GenderChapter 7 Arturo MadridPart 7 Corporate Gatekeeping: Fitting InChapter 8 The Second SexPart 8 Women's Equality: Progress and ResistancePart 9 The Price of DevianceChapter 9 The Double-Bind of the "Working-Class" Feminist AcademicChapter 10 (In) Secure Times: Constructing White Working-Class Masculinities in The Late Twentieth CenturyPart 10 Patriarchy and Its ConsequencesChapter 11 A Black Women Took My JobPart 11 The Crisis in Education Has Consequences for the "Isms"Chapter 12 Are Men Marginal to the Family? Insights from Chicago's Inner CityChapter 13 Policing the Ghetto Underclass: The Politics of LawChapter 14 America's Iron Curtain: The Border Patrol StateChapter 15 The Heartland's Raw Deal: How Meatpacking is Creating a New Immigrant UnderclassChapter 16 Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex"Chapter 17 Believing Is Seeing: Biology as IdeologyChapter 18 Towards Safer Societies: Punishment, Masculinities, and Violence Against WomenChapter 19 Tomboys Yes, Janegirls NeverChapter 20 Hormonal Hurricanes: Menstruation and Female BehaviorChapter 21 Talking from 9 to 5: How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at WorkChapter 22 Women in the Power EliteChapter 23 Women above the Glass Ceiling: Perceptions on Corporate Mobility and Strategies for SuccessChapter 24 Invisible WomenChapter 25 Women against Women: American Anti-Suffragism, 1880-1920Chapter 26 Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass MediaChapter 27 Mating, Marriage, and the Marketplace: A Survey of College Students' Attitudes and ExpectationsChapter 28 The Unruly Woman: Gender and the Genres of LaughterChapter 29 Black Man with a Nose Job: How We Defend Ethnic BeautyChapter 30 Hitting Bottom: Homelessness, Poverty, and MasculinityChapter 31 Older Men as Invisible Men in Contemporary SocietyChapter 32 The Subjection of WomenChapter 33 Real RapeChapter 34 Clarence Thomas, Patriarchal Discourse, and Public/Private SpheresChapter 35 How Harvard Helped Curb Title IX's Role In Admitting WomenChapter 36 Downsizing Higher Education: Confronting the New Realities of the High-Tech Information Age Global Economy