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Social Stratification

Trends and Processes

by Roxanne Connelly, Vernon Gayle ...

Research into social stratification and social divisions has always been a central component of sociological study. This volume brings together a range of thematically organised case-studies comprising empirical and methodological analyses addressing the challenges of studying trends and processes in social stratification. This collection has four themes. The first concerns the measurement of ... Read more

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Research into social stratification and social divisions has always been a central component of sociological study. This volume brings together a range of thematically organised case-studies comprising empirical and methodological analyses addressing the challenges of studying trends and processes in social stratification. This collection has four themes. The first concerns the measurement of
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Researching in the Age of COVID-19

Volume I: Response and Reassessment

by Arun Verma, Paramjeet Chawla, Silke Stöber, Nicole Paganini, Eli Malvaceda, Vernon Gayle, Roxanne Connelly, Emmanuel Ndhlovu, Deborah Ikhile, Louise Couceiro, Mónica Truninger, Annette Leßmöllmann, Roberto Falanga, João Estevens, Jussara Rowland, Ana Delicado, Helena Vicente, Fabrizio Valenti ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic hit researchers’ plans, discussion swiftly turned to adapting research methods for a locked-down world. The ‘big three’ methods – questionnaires, interviews and focus groups – can only be used in a few of the same ways as before the pandemic.Researchers around the world have responded in diverse, thoughtful and creative ways – from adapting their data collection methods, ... Read more

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As the COVID-19 pandemic hit researchers’ plans, discussion swiftly turned to adapting research methods for a locked-down world. The ‘big three’ methods – questionnaires, interviews and focus groups – can only be used in a few of the same ways as before the pandemic.Researchers around the world have responded in diverse, thoughtful and creative ways – from adapting their data collection methods,
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Agnes Grey

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The novel is written in first person, and tells the story of Agnes Grey, the younger of two sisters of a family struck by an unexpected economic meltdown, that does not weigh on the parents leave home to do the job of a governess in rich middle-class families. The educational experiences at Bloomfield and Murray before then, the reflections on the plight of his status as a housekeeper, mundane ... Read more

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The novel is written in first person, and tells the story of Agnes Grey, the younger of two sisters of a family struck by an unexpected economic meltdown, that does not weigh on the parents leave home to do the job of a governess in rich middle-class families. The educational experiences at Bloomfield and Murray before then, the reflections on the plight of his status as a housekeeper, mundane
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Deer Hunting with Jesus

Dispatches from America's Class War

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Years before Hillbilly Elegy and White Trash, a raucous, truth-telling look at the white working poor -- and why they have learned to hate liberalism. What it adds up to, he asserts, is an unacknowledged class war.By turns tender, incendiary, and seriously funny, this book is a call to arms for fellow progressives with little real understanding of "the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun ... Read more

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Years before Hillbilly Elegy and White Trash, a raucous, truth-telling look at the white working poor -- and why they have learned to hate liberalism. What it adds up to, he asserts, is an unacknowledged class war.By turns tender, incendiary, and seriously funny, this book is a call to arms for fellow progressives with little real understanding of "the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun
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The Theory of the Leisure Class

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"The most impressive satirist of his day." — Time MagazineWith devastating satiric wit, this book examines the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term "conspicuous consumption" (coined by Veblen) and exposes the emptiness of many cherished standards of taste, education, dress, and culture. Since its original publication in 1899, the work has become a classic of social and economic thought and ... Read more

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"The most impressive satirist of his day." — Time MagazineWith devastating satiric wit, this book examines the hollowness and falsity suggested by the term "conspicuous consumption" (coined by Veblen) and exposes the emptiness of many cherished standards of taste, education, dress, and culture. Since its original publication in 1899, the work has become a classic of social and economic thought and
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The Mind at Work

Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker

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Featuring a new preface for the 10th anniversaryAs did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose’s revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their ... Read more

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Featuring a new preface for the 10th anniversaryAs did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Rose’s revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their
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Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?

Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century

by Eric Kaufmann ...

Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularists. And what no one has noticed is that far from declining, the religious are expanding their share ... Read more

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Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularists. And what no one has noticed is that far from declining, the religious are expanding their share
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Rich, Free, and Miserable

The Failure of Success in America

by John Brueggemann ...

Compared to much of the rest of the world, America and its citizens are rich. But many people are also deeply miserable-at work, at home, or both. In this provocative book, author John Brueggemann unpacks why so many people are struggling, both emotionally and financially, in a nation that looks so prosperous on the surface.From a hospital patient reduced to a balance sheet to a parent working ... Read more

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Compared to much of the rest of the world, America and its citizens are rich. But many people are also deeply miserable-at work, at home, or both. In this provocative book, author John Brueggemann unpacks why so many people are struggling, both emotionally and financially, in a nation that looks so prosperous on the surface.From a hospital patient reduced to a balance sheet to a parent working
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Hollowing Out the Middle

The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America

by Patrick J. Carr, Maria J. Kefalas ...

Two sociologists reveal how small towns in Middle America are exporting their most precious resource—young people—and share what can be done to save these dwindling communitiesIn 2001, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, sociologists Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas moved to Iowa to understand the rural brain drain and the exodus of young people from America’s countryside. They met and ... Read more

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Two sociologists reveal how small towns in Middle America are exporting their most precious resource—young people—and share what can be done to save these dwindling communitiesIn 2001, with funding from the MacArthur Foundation, sociologists Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas moved to Iowa to understand the rural brain drain and the exodus of young people from America’s countryside. They met and
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The Tumbleweed Society

Working and Caring in an Age of Insecurity

by Allison J. Pugh ...

In The Tumbleweed Society, Allison Pugh offers a moving exploration of sacrifice, betrayal, defiance, and resignation, as people cope in a society where relationships and jobs seem to change constantly. Based on eighty in-depth interviews with parents who have varied experiences of job insecurity and socio-economic status, Pugh finds most seem to accept job insecurity as inevitable but still try ... Read more

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In The Tumbleweed Society, Allison Pugh offers a moving exploration of sacrifice, betrayal, defiance, and resignation, as people cope in a society where relationships and jobs seem to change constantly. Based on eighty in-depth interviews with parents who have varied experiences of job insecurity and socio-economic status, Pugh finds most seem to accept job insecurity as inevitable but still try
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Summary and Analysis of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Based on the Book by Nancy Isenberg

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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of White Trash tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Nancy Isenberg's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of White Trash includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsProfiles of the ... Read more

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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of White Trash tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Nancy Isenberg's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of White Trash includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsProfiles of the
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Precarity

Uncertain, insecure and unequal lives in Aotearoa New Zealand

Edited by Bridgette Masters-Awatere, Clifford van Ommen, Natasha Matamua, Shiloh Groot ...

A critical examination of precarity and inequality in Aotearoa New Zealand.Precarity explores the uncertain, insecure, and unequal lives of marginalized communities in New Zealand, including the poor, elderly, disabled, homeless, and refugees. It moves beyond labor to examine cultural expression and safety struggles, placing lived experiences in plain sight. This book is for social work ... Read more

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A critical examination of precarity and inequality in Aotearoa New Zealand.Precarity explores the uncertain, insecure, and unequal lives of marginalized communities in New Zealand, including the poor, elderly, disabled, homeless, and refugees. It moves beyond labor to examine cultural expression and safety struggles, placing lived experiences in plain sight. This book is for social work
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