This 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. Contains original essays by first-rate scholars on issues of social inequalities around the worldFeatures research and examples from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Portugal, Finland, and JapanReviews research on issues of social inequalities from the fields of race, class, and genderReflects on methodological issues and the strengths of qualitative researchProvides students with an important overview of the development of social stratification studies
Author(s): Mary Waters
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 328
Social Inequalities in Comparative Perspective......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
1 Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in the United States......Page 32
2 The “Language of Race,” Identity Options, and “Belonging” in the Quebec Context......Page 51
3 Race and Ethnicity in France......Page 78
4 Racisms, Ethnicities, and British Nation-Making......Page 101
5 Working Poor, Working Hard: Trajectories at the Bottom of the American Labor Market......Page 128
6 Class and Social Inequalities in Portugal: From Class Structure to Working-Class Practices on the Shop Floor......Page 153
7 Understanding Class Inequality in Australia......Page 175
8 Talking about Class in Britain......Page 203
9 Research on Gender Stratification in the US......Page 226
10 The Japanese Paradox: Women’s Voices of Fulfillment in the Face of Inequalities......Page 249
11 Catching Up? Changing Inequalities of Gender at Work and in the Family in the UK......Page 269
12 Gender and Work-Related Inequalities in Finland......Page 295
Index......Page 319
