Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Social Classes & Economic Disparity

-Democracy hasn't eradicated caste, - writes Arundhati Roy. -It has entrenched and modernized it.-

To best understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping what India ultimately became: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system.

--For more than half a century--throughout his adult life-- Gandhi's] pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, untouchables and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting, -- writes Roy. --His refusal to allow working-class people...

Revisiting Divisions of Labour is a radically revised edition of Ray Pahl's 1984 book Divisions of Labour. It is a reflection on the making of a modern sociological classic, combining the strengths of a new edition with those of a 'reader' on a key thinker's work. The model shows the discipline at its best and is a platform for discussion of how and why sociological research can have deep and lasting impact. Pahl's book is distinctive in the sustained impact it has had on how sociologists think about, research and report on the changing nature of work and domestic...

Telling stories through the unique lens of an initially credulous outsider who is "fresh off the plane," Singh learns about the struggles of his colleagues: Ron, a middle-aged African-American man trying to keep his life intact despite health concerns; Jackie, a young...

Inequality has dramatically increased in America, with few solutions on the horizon. Serious social inequalities persist. For example, the 14 richest Americans earned enough money from their investments in 2015 to hire two million pre-school teachers (while the USA ranks low among developed countries in pre-school enrollment). Following the Great Recession, the richest 1% took 116 percent of the new income gains, a statistic caused by so many middle class Americans moving backward, many losing investments in property and experiencing interruptions in work. Author Paul Buchheit looks...

Inequality has dramatically increased in America, with few solutions on the horizon. Serious social inequalities persist. For example, the 14 richest Americans earned enough money from their investments in 2015 to hire two million preschool teachers (while the USA ranks low among developed countries in preschool enrollment). Following the Great Recession, the richest one percent took 116 percent of the new income gains, a statistic caused by so many middle-class Americans moving backward, many losing investments in property and experiencing interruptions in work. Author Paul Buchheit looks...

This is an absorbing collection of original essays contributed in honour of Professor Chris Wrigley, one of the leading figures in the study of British labour history and former President of The Historical Association. It focuses on a range of historical topics on two main themes: labour politics and working-class lives. The collection reflects Wrigley's interests in liberal and labour politics, industrial relations, trade unions and industrial systems.

The essays cover a wide period from late Victorian and Edwardian politics to recent times in Britain. In the first part of...

Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, members of the professional elite--journalists, managers, and establishment politicians--are on the outside looking in, left to argue over the reasons. In White Working Class, Joan C. Williams, described as having -something approaching rock star status- by the New York Times, explains why so much of the elite's analysis of the white working class is misguided, rooted in class cluelessness.

Williams explains that many people have conflated -working class- with -poor---but...