| Social Differentiation: Patterns and Processes Contributor(s): Juteau, Danielle (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802084044 ISBN-13: 9780802084040 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Social Differentiation examines the economic, political, and normatively-defined relations that underlie the construction of social categories. Social differentiation, embedded in inequalities of power, status, wealth, and prestige, affects life chances of individuals as well as the allocation of resources and opportunities. Starting with a theoretical framework that discards traditional analyses of the other, the contributors focus on four specific strands of social differentiation: gender, age, race/ethnicity, and locality. They explore the historically specific social practices, policies, and ideologies that produce distinct forms of inequality, in turn revealing and explaining such issues as the formation and maintenance of a gendered order; the privileging of prime age workers; the penalty incurred by visible minorities in the labour market; the highly disadvantaged position of Aboriginals; and the economic decline of agriculture, resource, and fishing dependent regions. By paying special attention to political processes, norms, and representations, and by indicating how social policies shape economic functioning and relate to normative definitions, this book will interest policy-oriented researchers and decision-makers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 305 |
| LCCN: 2003271505 |
| Series: Trends Project |
| Physical Information: 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Social Differentiation examines the economic, political, and normatively defined relations that underlie the construction of social categories. Social differentiation, embedded in inequalities of power, status, wealth, and prestige, affects life chances of individuals as well as the allocation of resources and opportunities. Starting with a theoretical framework that challenges many traditional analyses, the contributors focus on four specific strands of social differentiation: gender, age, race/ethnicity, and locality. They explore the historically specific social practices, policies, and ideologies that produce distinct forms of inequality, in turn revealing and explaining such issues as the formation and maintenance of a gendered order; the privileging of prime-age workers; the penalties incurred by visible minorities in the labour market; the highly disadvantaged position of Aboriginals; and the economic decline of agriculture, resource, and fishing dependent regions. By paying special attention to political processes, norms, and representations, and by indicating how social policies shape economic functioning and relate to normative definitions, this book will interest policy-oriented researchers and decision-makers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Juteau, Danielle: - Danielle Juteau is a professor in the Department of Sociology and holds the Chair of Ethnic Relations in the Université de Montréal. |
