The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina exposed to the world what many U.S. politicians and pundits have long been able to ignore. The media images that commanded our attention spoke loudly of the class and racial divisions that still exist in the United States today. Despite the stock market gains of the 1990s, which increased the ranks of millionaires and created greater wealth for those already wealthy, U.S. society has witnessed a dramatic increase in class inequality over that last two decades. A host of newly available ...
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The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina exposed to the world what many U.S. politicians and pundits have long been able to ignore. The media images that commanded our attention spoke loudly of the class and racial divisions that still exist in the United States today. Despite the stock market gains of the 1990s, which increased the ranks of millionaires and created greater wealth for those already wealthy, U.S. society has witnessed a dramatic increase in class inequality over that last two decades. A host of newly available research indicates that the United States is afar more classbound society than was previously supposed. The rich are becoming both relatively and absolutely richer while the poor are becoming relatively, if not absolutely, poorer.More Unequal: Aspects of Class in the United States is a sobering examination of the dynamics of class relations today. John Bellamy Foster, William K. Tabb, David Roediger, Stephanie Luce, and Mark Brenner-- among others-- contribute essays that challenge many of our assumptions about class and provide a multilayered analysis. Topics include the impact of social and economic policy on class; wealth and prospects for the working poor; undocumented workers and their exploitation in the U.S. informal economy; race and class struggles post-Hurricane Katrina; women and class over the last forty years; and education reform and the devastating effects for public schooling. Editor, Michael D. Yates shares a personal story of his working-class life and values, the shaping of his political consciousness, and the people and ideas that inspired his teaching.For the vast majority of us, a strong work ethic and desire to see the next generation in bettercircumstances are no longer enough. The barriers separating classes are hardening. Class inequality manifests its
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 205 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2007017333 Type of material Book Main title More unequal: aspects of class in the United States / edited by Michael D. Yates. Published/Created New York: Monthly Review Press, c2007. Description 205 p. : ill.; 23 cm. ISBN 9781583671597 1583671595 LC classification HN90. S6 M67 2007 Related names Yates, Michael, 1946-Contents Introduction / Michael D. Yates--Aspects of class in the United States: a prologue / John Bellamy Foster--The worldwide class struggle / Vincent Navarro--The power of the rich / William K. Tabb--Some economics of class / Michael Perelman--Harder times: undocumented workers and the U.S. informal economy / Richard D. Vogel--The retreat from race and class / David Roediger--Hard truth in the Big Easy: race and class in New Orleans, pre-and post-Katrina / Kristen Lavelle and Joe Feagin--Will the real Black middle class please stand up? / Sabiyha Prince--Back to class: reflections on the dialectics of class and identity / Martha Gimenez--Women and class: what has happened in forty years? / Stephanie Luce and Mark Brenner--The pedagogy of oppression / Peter McLaren and Ramin Farahmandpur--Class: a personal story / Michael D. Yates--Class for a downwardly mobile generation / Angela Jancius--Six points on class / Michael Zweig. LC Subjects Social classes--United States. Equality--United States. United States--Social conditions--21st century. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index. Dewey class no. 305.50973/09045 Geographic area code n-us---Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn124158884 (OCoLC)124158884
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