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Author : T. Douglas Price,Gary M. Feinman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1489912908
Author : T. Douglas Price,Gary M. Feinman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489912893
In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diverse theoretical perspectives and a wide-range of information on the beginnings and nature of social inequality in past human societies. Their illuminating work investigates the role of status differentiation in traditional archaeological debates and major societal transitions. This volume features numerous case studies from the Old and New World spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups and complex states. Diachronic in view and archaeological in focus, this book will be of significant interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, and students.
Author : T. Douglas Price,Gary M. Feinman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441963000
There are few questions more central to understanding the prehistory of our species than those regarding the institutionalization of social inequality. Social inequality is manifested in unequal access to goods, information, decision-making, and power. This structure is essential to higher orders of social organization and basic to the operation of more complex societies. An understanding of the transformation from relatively egalitarian societies to a hierarchical organization and socioeconomic stratification is fundamental to our knowledge about the human condition. In a follow-up to their 1995 book Foundations of Social Inequality, the Editors of this volume have compiled a new and comprehensive group of studies concerning these central questions. When and where does hierarchy appear in human society, and how does it operate? With numerous case studies from the Old and New World, spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups, and complex states, Pathways to Power provides key historical insights into current social and cultural questions.
Author : T. Douglas Price,Gary M. Feinman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1441962999
There are few questions more central to understanding the prehistory of our species than those regarding the institutionalization of social inequality. Social inequality is manifested in unequal access to goods, information, decision-making, and power. This structure is essential to higher orders of social organization and basic to the operation of more complex societies. An understanding of the transformation from relatively egalitarian societies to a hierarchical organization and socioeconomic stratification is fundamental to our knowledge about the human condition. In a follow-up to their 1995 book Foundations of Social Inequality, the Editors of this volume have compiled a new and comprehensive group of studies concerning these central questions. When and where does hierarchy appear in human society, and how does it operate? With numerous case studies from the Old and New World, spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups, and complex states, Pathways to Power provides key historical insights into current social and cultural questions.
Author : Alan Stewart Frizzell,Jon H. Pammett
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780886292799
Social Inequality in Canada brings a comparative perspective to the question of the uniqueness of Canadian society. Do Canadians believe they can succeed on the basis of their own abilities? And how do they compare with Americans, Germans, Italians, Australians and Russians? There is much debate as to how Canadians differ from or resemble citizens of other countries, particularly the United States.
Author : Melvin Marvin Tumin
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015016148762
A brief, but comprehensive text, ideal as a core text or supplement in both undergraduate and graduate courses. Foundations of Modern Sociology Series.
Author : Melvin M. Tumin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:900944685
Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781504035477
A fascinating examination of the relationship between civilization and inequality from one of history’s greatest minds The first man to erect a fence around a piece of land and declare it his own founded civil society—and doomed mankind to millennia of war and famine. The dawn of modern civilization, argues Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this essential treatise on human nature, was also the beginning of inequality. One of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, Rousseau based his work in compassion for his fellow man. The great crime of despotism, he believed, was the raising of the cruel above the weak. In this landmark text, he spells out the antidote for man’s ills: a compassionate revolution to pull up the fences and restore the balance of mankind. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Author : Edward G. Grabb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015007054094
Author : Richard Wilkinson
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781595586605
A “powerful and provocative” inquiry into the relationship between societies’ inequality and their citizens’ health, happiness and well-being (Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health). Comparing the United States with other market democracies, and one American state with another, this book presents irrefutable evidence that inequality is a driver of poor health, social conflict, and violence. Pioneering social scientist Richard Wilkinson addresses the growing feeling—so common in the United States—that modern societies, despite their material success, are social failures. The Impact of Inequality explains why inequality has such devastating effects on the quality and length of our lives. Wilkinson shows that inequality leads to stress, which in turn creates sickness on the individual and mass level. As a consequence, society suffers widespread unhappiness and high levels of violence, depression, and mistrust across the social spectrum. With persuasive evidence and fascinating analysis, the diagnosis is clear: Social and political equality are essential to improving life for everyone. Wilkinson argues that even small reductions in inequality can make an important difference—for, as this book explains, social relations are always built on material foundations. “This new book, a wonderful work of synthesis, brings insight into how conditions of society impact on people’s daily lives. . . . It is a stimulating and exciting book.” —Sir Michael Marmot, author of The Status Syndrome
Author : Edward G. Grabb
Publisher : Nelson
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123206919
This best-selling text provides an incisive and engaging introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. Students are given a thorough explanation of the social construction of inequality based on a solid grounding in the work of the major classical theorists, such as Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim. The crucial role of power/domination unifies theoretical discussions. Updated perspectives in this new edition include the transnational or global level, regarding for example the issue of global terror.
Author : Melvin Marvin Tumin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Social classes
ISBN : OCLC:963243226
Author : Edward G. Grabb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Equality
ISBN : 003922693X
Author : Neckerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610444213
Author : Zoltan Acs
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400846818
The hidden role of philanthropy in enriching America's prosperity—and the world's Philanthropy has long been a distinctive feature of American culture, but its crucial role in the economic well-being of the nation—and the world—has remained largely unexplored. Why Philanthropy Matters takes an in-depth look at philanthropy as an underappreciated force in capitalism, measures its critical influence on the free-market system, and demonstrates how American philanthropy could serve as a model for the productive reinvestment of wealth in other countries. Factoring in philanthropic cycles that help balance the economy, Zoltan Acs offers a richer picture of capitalism, and a more accurate backdrop for considering policies that would promote the capitalist system for the good of all. Examining the dynamics of American-style capitalism since the eighteenth century, Acs argues that philanthropy achieves three critical outcomes. It deals with the question of what to do with wealth—keep it, tax it, or give it away. It complements government in creating public goods. And, by focusing on education, science, and medicine, philanthropy has a positive effect on economic growth and productivity. Acs describes how individuals such as Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates, and Oprah Winfrey have used their wealth to establish institutions and promote knowledge, and Acs shows how philanthropy has given an edge to capitalism by promoting vital forces—like university research—necessary for technological innovation, economic equality, and economic security. Philanthropy also serves as a guide for countries with less flexible capitalist institutions, and Acs makes the case for a larger, global philanthropic culture. Providing a new perspective on the development of capitalism, Why Philanthropy Matters highlights philanthropy's critical links to the economic progress, health, and future of the United States—and beyond.
