Rigging the Game: How Inequality is Reproduced in Everyday LifeIn Rigging the Game--a brief, accessible introduction to the study of inequality in American society--Michael Schwalbe investigates how inequality is both created and reproduced. Guided by the questions How did the situation get this way? and How does it stay this way?, Schwalbe tracks inequality from its roots to its regulation. In the final chapter, "Escaping the Inequality Trap," he also shows how inequality can be overcome. Throughout, Schwalbe's engaging writing style draws students into the material, providing instructors with a solid foundation for discussing this challenging and provocative subject. With its lively combination of incisive analysis and compelling fictional narratives, Rigging the Game is an innovative teaching tool--not only for courses on stratification, but also for social problems courses, introductory sociology courses, and any course that takes a close look at how the inequalities of race, class, and gender are perpetuated. |
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... nine families . One year was worse than anyone could remember . No rain fell , and the soil became dry and hard , and the crops grew poorly . Still , because the nine families had stored part of their surplus crops from previous years ...
... nine families . One year was worse than anyone could remember . No rain fell , and the soil became dry and hard , and the crops grew poorly . Still , because the nine families had stored part of their surplus crops from previous years ...
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... family if you tell me what I want to know . " Because the young man did not want to die or his family to be hurt , he told the raiders where the nine families hid their gold . The raiders let the young man return to his home , promis ...
... family if you tell me what I want to know . " Because the young man did not want to die or his family to be hurt , he told the raiders where the nine families hid their gold . The raiders let the young man return to his home , promis ...
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... nine families watched in amazement as the young man pressed his attack . Some cheered for the young man , hoping that he would strike a lucky blow . The raider king let the young man advance , always parrying the young ... Nine Families 89.
... nine families watched in amazement as the young man pressed his attack . Some cheered for the young man , hoping that he would strike a lucky blow . The raider king let the young man advance , always parrying the young ... Nine Families 89.
Contents
INTRODUCTION Thinking Sociologically About Inequality | 1 |
The Roots of Inequality | 25 |
Rigging the Game | 52 |
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