Understanding Social Inequality: Intersections of Class, Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Canada / Edition 2

by Julie McMullin

Overview

Understanding Social Inequality examines the factors that contribute to inequality in Canada. A unique 'intersectional' framework demonstrates how the structures of inequality are organized along the lines of class, age, gender, race, and ethnicity. The book is divided into two parts: Part I considers the theoretical dimensions of inequality, while Part II takes a practical, case-study based approach. This new edition includes expanded coverage of youth, class inequality, ageism, everyday racism, and social place. With this insightful text students will be encouraged to draw their own conclusions about why inequality exists and how it can be rectified in Canadian society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195427783
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/07/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Julie McMullin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. She is also the Director of Workforce Aging in the New Economy (WANE), an international comparative study of information technology employment. A Premiere's Research Excellence Award (PREA) winner, Dr McMullin is an internationally recognized scholar in the area of aging and the life course. Her research examines how class, age, gender, ethnicity, and race structure inequality in paid work and families.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I
1. Introduction
2. Class and Inequality
3. Gender and Inequality
4. Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality
5. Age and Inequality
6. Actors and Agency
7. Actors and CAGE(s) (Class, Age, Gender, Race & Ethnicity)
Part II
8. CAGE(s), Families, Domestic Labour, and the Processes of Reproduction
9. CAGE(s) and Paid Work
10. CAGE(s) and Education
11. CAGE(s) and Health
12. CAGE(s) and the State
13. Conclusion: Equality, Politics, Platforms, and Policy Issues
References
Index