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Rigging the Game: How Inequality is Reproduced in Everyday Life

Rigging the Game: How Inequality is Reproduced in Everyday Life


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In Rigging the Game Michael Schwalbe offers a clear and compelling introduction to how the rules that shape economic life and everyday interaction generate and perpetuate inequality in American society. 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. With its lively combination of analysis and stories, Rigging the Game is an innovative tool for teaching about the inequalities of race, class, and gender. In the final chapter, "Escaping the Inequality Trap," Schwalbe helps students understand how inequality can be challenged and overcome.

Table of Contents:
Preface: Welcome to the Conversation Introduction: Thinking Sociologically About Inequality Chapter 1: The Roots of Inequality Chapter 2: Rigging the Game Chapter 3: The Valley of the Nine Families (a story) Chapter 4: Arresting the Imagination Chapter 5: Smoke Screen (a story) Chapter 6: Regulating the Action Chapter 7: Interview with Rania O (an account) Chapter 8: Escaping the Inequality Trap Acknowledgments Index

About the Author :
Michael Schwalbe is Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University. He is the author of Unlocking the Iron Cage: The Men's Movement, Gender Politics, and American Culture (1996), The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation (2007), Manhood Acts: Gender and the Practices of Domination (2014), and other books.

Review :
"I really like this book and I bet that students will love it. It's not overly theoretical, and it relies on real-world examples. That's a unique and desirable combination of features."--Matt Huffman, University of California, Irvine "The use of stories is effective in illustrating the ideas of the book; stories draw students in and generate lively discussions in class. The discussion questions at the end of each story are spot on."--Deborah Safron, Michigan State University "I like Schwalbe's inclusion of steps to action and positive social change. This will be good for students who might otherwise feel hopeless after realizing how entrenched and pervasive inequality is in our world."--Tennille Allen, Lewis University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780190216405
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 414 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0190216409
  • Publisher Date: 31 Dec 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Sub Title: How Inequality is Reproduced in Everyday Life


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