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Sernau (sociology, Indiana U.-South Bend) updates his textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate sociology students studying social stratification and inequality. His examples come from current headlines without oversimplifying difficult issues, and explain throughout how the ideas of the classical theorists provide a foundation for understanding current events. No date is noted for the first edition. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The Second Edition of Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities in a Global Economy focuses primarily on social inequalities in the American context. It is the only undergraduate text that provides a sociological framework for analyzing inequality within U.S. society as well as analyzing the relationship between global stratification systems and internal systems of inequality. Author Scott Sernau places each issue and dimension of inequality in the context of a changing global economy.
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