The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality Tenth Edition by Dennis L. Gilbert-Test Bank

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   1506345964
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   978-1506345963With the most recent data on income, wealth, earnings, and residential segregation by income, The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality, Tenth Edition depicts a consistent pattern of expanding disparity in the United States since the early 1970s. Analyzing the socioeconomic core of the American class system, author Dennis L. Gilbert explores how changes in the economy, family life, globalization, and politics are contributing to the increasing disparity in classes.

    

   Fresh to this Edition

   • “The Class Basis of Trump′s Victory” scrutinizes the reasons behind why, for the first time since before the 1932 election, the Republican presidential nominee secured a greater portion of the working class vote than the Democratic opponent.
   • Examines the role of technology and other elements in the decline of manufacturing employment, and underscores the significance of this trend in understanding growing disparity and changes in working class family life.
   • Compares internationally to illustrate how the U.S. matches up with other affluent nations on social mobility and poverty, and challenges our perception of the U.S. as a uniquely open society.