Understanding Social Inequality: Modeling Allocation Processes

by Hubert M. Blalock Jr.

Social inequality is a key facet driving sociological study, both from a research and ideological perspective. According to Blalock, however, sociological understanding of the processes leading to inequality are overly simplistic, in their demonstration of the rich and powerful allocating resources to perpetuate their dominance. In Understanding Social Inequality, the author contends that the processes of allocating resources are far more intricate,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803943407
• ISBN13: 9780803943407
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.