{"product_id":"wealth-and-poverty-in-america-isbn-9780631231806","title":"Wealth and Poverty in America","description":"What does it mean to be poor in America at the dawn of the 21st century? For that matter, what does it mean to be rich? And how are the two related to each other? These apparently simple questions present enormous theoretical and empirical challenges to any student or social scientist. \u003ci\u003eWealth and Poverty in America\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of over 20 important essays on the complex relationship between the rich and poor in the United States. The authors include classical and contemporary thinkers on a wide variety of topics such as economic systems, the lifestyles of the rich and poor, and public policy. An editorial introduction and suggestions for further reading make this a useful and valuable source of information and analysis on the realities of the American rich and American poor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCollects 23 of the most important essays by classic and contemporary thinkers on wealth and poverty in America.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers economic systems, lifestyles of the rich and poor, and public policy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes editorial introduction and a further reading list.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Acknowledgments vii \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Wealth and Poverty in the Affluent Society 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: On the Origins and Causes of Wealth and Poverty: Systemic Explanations 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Of the Division of Labor 13\u003cbr\u003eAdam Smith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Absolute and Relative Surplus Value 21\u003cbr\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 29\u003cbr\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Some Principles of Stratification 43\u003cbr\u003eKingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Winner-Take-All Markets 53\u003cbr\u003eRobert H. Frank and Philip J. Cook\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWho's Rich, Who's Poor: How Resources Affect Life Chances 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Inequality 69\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Jencks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances 76\u003cbr\u003eSusan Mayer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth and Social Policy in America 83\u003cbr\u003eDalton Conley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class 96\u003cbr\u003eMary Patillo-McCoy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Ain't No Making It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood 115\u003cbr\u003eJay MacLeod\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. From \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e 129\u003cbr\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Miser and the Spendthrift 135\u003cbr\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Very Rich 140\u003cbr\u003eC. Wright Mills\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How they Got There 161\u003cbr\u003eDavid Brooks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Case of Pullman, Illinois 172\u003cbr\u003eMichael Walzer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Lifestyles of the Poor and Anonymous 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Swapping 181\u003cbr\u003eCarol Stack\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Code of the Streets 190\u003cbr\u003eElijah Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Sidewalk Sleeping and Crack Bingeing 201\u003cbr\u003eMitchell Duneier\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Whores, Slaves, and Stallions: Languages of Exploitation and Accommodation Among Prizefighters 211\u003cbr\u003eLoic Wacquant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: What is to Be Done? Wealth, Poverty, and Public Policy 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America 225\u003cbr\u003eMichael Katz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Hidden Agenda 254\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Julius Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Stakeholder Society 267\u003cbr\u003eBruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Black Economic Progress in the Era of Mass Imprisonment 278\u003cbr\u003eBruce Western, Becky Pettit, Josh Guetzkow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Readings 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 293\u003c\/p\u003e  \"All too many collections of social science writings are almost literally slapped together, devoid of purpose and focus. This useful volume, however, is a striking exception. It is a 'reader' with a clear focus that consists of 23 well-chosen selctions and a helpful appendix that lists additional readings.\" \u003ci\u003eTom Pettigrew, University of California Santa Cruz, Journal of Ethinic and Migration Studies, Vol 32 No 7\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a wonderful resource for teaching. Dalton Conley has accumulated a set of important readings on both spectrums of the social stratification ladder.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Sanchez-Janowski, University of California at Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDalton Conley\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director for the Center for Advanced Social Science Research at New York University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) and \u003ci\u003eHonky\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003c\/p\u003e  The ideologies of equal opportunity and individual responsibility that dominate American culture tend to obscure the casual connections between poverty and wealth. Uncovering these connections is one of the purposes of this book. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWealth and Poverty in America\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible collection of over 20 important essays on the complex relationship between the rich and poor in the United States. It first presents classic and contemporary selections that form theories of where wealth comes from and why wealth tends to concentrate in the hands of the few. This set of readings deals with wealth at a more systematic, rather than individual, level. Next, the book deals with the question of why certain individuals – based on position in the economy, or accident of birth – can expect to have greater or lesser chances of being rich (or poor), and how inequality gets reproduced. It goes on to offer a series of the most important classic and contemporary readings that focus on the life of the upper class and the daily experience of being poor in America. The final section opens up the question of what is possible in terms of the distribution of material rewards in America.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn editorial introduction and suggestions for further reading make this a valuable source of information and analysis on the realities of wealth and poverty in America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990470574309,"sku":"NP9780631231806","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631231806.jpg?v=1761787956","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/wealth-and-poverty-in-america-isbn-9780631231806","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}