Beliefs about Inequality : Americans' Views of What is and What Ought to be

ISBN-13: 9780202303277 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 342 str.

James R. Kluegel; Eliot R. Smith

Opis

Motivated by the desire to explain how Americans per ceive and evaluate inequality and related programs and policies, the authors conducted a national survey of beliefs about social and economic inequality in America. Here they present the results of their research on the structure, determinants, and certain political and personal consequences of these beliefs. The presentations serve two major goals; to describe and explain the central features of Americans'images of inequality.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: Thinking About Inequality; I: Dominant-Ideology Beliefs; 3: Opportunity; 4: Explanations for Economic Outcomes; 5: Distributive Justice; II: Policy Attitudes; 6: Redistributive Policy; 7: Opportunity for Blacks; 8: Opportunity for Women; III: Consequences of Beliefs About Inequality; 9: The Political Significance of Stratification Beliefs; 10: Personal Consequences of Beliefs About Inequality; 11: Conclusions

O autorze

James R. Kluegel, Eliot R. Smith