Inequality Reader

About the book : oriented toward the introductory student, theinequalityreader is the essential textbook for undergraduate andgraduatecourses the editors have assembled the most relevantclassic andcontemporary readings, providing balanced coverage ofinequalityspast and present the carefully selected essaysaremethodologically diverse and interdisciplinary in nature andcoverthe important course topics such as poverty, discrimination,andgender with thirty new readings, the second editionprovidesexpanded focus on policy issues, allowing students to learnaboutthe possibilities for improving inequality, as well asadditionalqualitative readings that make the scholarship moreaccessible andrelatable now more than ever, the inequality readeris theone-stop compendium of all the must-read pieces, featuringthe mostimportant qualitative and quantitative scholarship in thefield about the author : david b grusky is professor of sociology and director ofthecenter for the study of poverty and inequality atstanforduniversity his books include the inequality puzzle,socialstratification, poverty and inequality, mobility andinequality,occupational ghettos, the declining significance ofgender, andinequality: classic readings in race, class, andgenderszonjaszeli has taught at stanford university, theuniversity ofwisconsin, and cornell university she is the authorof equality bydesign