Social Stratification And Power In America

Author : Lynda Ann Ewen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781882289516
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Stratification and Power in America written by Lynda Ann Ewen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find out more on Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us a www.rowmanlittlefield.com.

Author : Leonard Beeghley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317343786
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States, The, CourseSmart eTextbook written by Leonard Beeghley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book distills out of the rich vein of sociological research some of what is known about the structure of stratification in the United States. It emphasizes the importance of power for understanding the structure of stratification.

Author : G. William Domhoff
Publisher : Touchstone
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Rules America Now? written by G. William Domhoff and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1986 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical evidence that a fixed group of privileged people dominates the American economy and government. The book demonstrates that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community. It shows how leaders within this "power elite" reach government and dominate it through processes of special-interest lobbying, policy planning and candidate selection. It is written not to promote any political ideology, but to analyze our society with accuracy.

Author : William Maxwell McCord
Publisher : New York : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power and Equity written by William Maxwell McCord and published by New York : Praeger. This book was released on 1977 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin Gilens
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691153973
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Affluence and Influence written by Martin Gilens and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why policymaking in the United States privileges the rich over the poor Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy—but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged. Affluence and Influence definitively explores how political inequality in the United States has evolved over the last several decades and how this growing disparity has been shaped by interest groups, parties, and elections. With sharp analysis and an impressive range of data, Martin Gilens looks at thousands of proposed policy changes, and the degree of support for each among poor, middle-class, and affluent Americans. His findings are staggering: when preferences of low- or middle-income Americans diverge from those of the affluent, there is virtually no relationship between policy outcomes and the desires of less advantaged groups. In contrast, affluent Americans' preferences exhibit a substantial relationship with policy outcomes whether their preferences are shared by lower-income groups or not. Gilens shows that representational inequality is spread widely across different policy domains and time periods. Yet Gilens also shows that under specific circumstances the preferences of the middle class and, to a lesser extent, the poor, do seem to matter. In particular, impending elections—especially presidential elections—and an even partisan division in Congress mitigate representational inequality and boost responsiveness to the preferences of the broader public. At a time when economic and political inequality in the United States only continues to rise, Affluence and Influence raises important questions about whether American democracy is truly responding to the needs of all its citizens.

Author : Christopher Doob
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317344200
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U.S. Society written by Christopher Doob and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Inequality – examining our present while understanding our past. Social Inequality and Social Statification in US Society, 1st edition uses a historical and conceptual framework to explain social stratification and social inequality. The historical scope gives context to each issue discussed and allows the reader to understand how each topic has evolved over the course of American history. The authors use qualitative data to help explain socioeconomic issues and connect related topics. Each chapter examines major concepts, so readers can see how an individual’s success in stratified settings often relies heavily on their access to valued resources–types of capital which involve finances, schooling, social networking, and cultural competence. Analyzing the impact of capital types throughout the text helps map out the prospects for individuals, families, and also classes to maintain or alter their position in social-stratification systems. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Analyze the four major American classes, as well as how race and gender are linked to inequalities in the United States Understand attempts to reduce social inequality Identify major historical events that have influenced current trends Understand how qualitative sources help reveal the inner workings that accompany people’s struggles with the socioeconomic order Recognize the impact of social-stratification systems on individuals and families

Author : G. William Domhoff
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804779023
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Class and Power in the New Deal written by G. William Domhoff and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Class and Power in the New Deal provides a new perspective on the origins and implementation of the three most important policies that emerged during the New Deal—the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Social Security Act. It reveals how Northern corporate moderates, representing some of the largest fortunes and biggest companies of that era, proposed all three major initiatives and explores why there were no viable alternatives put forward by the opposition. More generally, this book analyzes the seeming paradox of policy support and political opposition. The authors seek to demonstrate the superiority of class dominance theory over other perspectives—historical institutionalism, Marxism, and protest-disruption theory—in explaining the origins and development of these three policy initiatives. Domhoff and Webber draw on extensive new archival research to develop a fresh interpretation of this seminal period of American government and social policy development.

Author : Michael Schwartz
Publisher : Holmes & Meier Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Structure of Power in America written by Michael Schwartz and published by Holmes & Meier Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a collective enterprise, fourteen leading social scientists have worked closely to explore the power network connecting U.S. corporate structure with other key sectors of the society. In clear, non-technical terms, the contributors examine such issues as interlocking boards, business control of banks, the government as an agent of the ruling class, the "cap-ture" of regulatory agencies by the businesses they were supposed to regulate, and penetration of various U.S. insti-tutions by a corporate "inner group." In addition, this volume contains the first general analysis of the structure of intercorporate co-ordination among multinational businesses and the expression of business interest in educa-tional systems, transportation policy, urban investment, and academic political theory. Together the essays address not only the processes of cor-porate decision making and policy formation, but also the vulnerability of the elite to mass discontent, the fragility of its role in the face of mass action.

Author : Reinhard Bendix
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Class, Status, and Power written by Reinhard Bendix and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C.WRIGHT MILLS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE POWER ELITE written by C.WRIGHT MILLS and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: