{"product_id":"9780631226840","title":"Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSocial Inequalities in Comparative Perspective\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFiona Devine | Mary C. Waters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Discrimination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis unique collection of original essays brings a comparative perspective to issues of social inequality. First-rate sociologists from around the world have contributed to this exciting and rigorous volume, drawing upon their own research in the fields of race and ethnicity, class and inequality, and gender and sexuality. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains original essays by first-rate scholars on issues of social inequalities around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures research and examples from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Portugal, Finland, and Japan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews research on issues of social inequalities from the fields of race, class, and gender\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects on methodological issues and the strengths of qualitative research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides students with an important overview of the development of social stratification studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eFiona Devine\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAffluent Workers Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eSocial Class in America and Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and \u003ci\u003eClass Practices: How Parents Help Their Children Get Good Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). She is the co-author, with Sue Heath, of \u003ci\u003eSociological Research Methods in Context\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMary C. Waters\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at Harvard University, and co-director of The New York Second Generation Project. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eEthnic Options: Choosing Identities in America\u003c\/i\u003e, (1990); the award-winning \u003ci\u003eBlack Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities\u003c\/i\u003e (1999); \u003ci\u003eThe New Race Question: How the Census Counts Multi-Racial Individuals\u003c\/i\u003e (with Joel Perlmann, 2002); and \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation\u003c\/i\u003e (with Peggy Levitt, 2002). Professor Waters was a Guggenheim Fellow (1993-94) and a Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage (1991-92).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 February 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631226840\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e330\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314172817548,"sku":"9780631226840","price":153.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631226840.jpg?v=1780196188","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780631226840","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}