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Social Science General

Social Differentiation

Patterns and Processes

edited by Danielle Juteau

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2003
Category
General, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802084040
    Publish Date
    Feb 2003
    List Price
    $54.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442680029
    Publish Date
    Jan 2003
    List Price
    $51.00

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Social Differentiation examines the economic, political, and normatively defined relations that underlie the construction of social categories. Social differentiation, embedded in inequalities of power, status, wealth, and prestige, affects life chances of individuals as well as the allocation of resources and opportunities.

 

Starting with a theoretical framework that challenges many traditional analyses, the contributors focus on four specific strands of social differentiation: gender, age, race/ethnicity, and locality. They explore the historically specific social practices, policies, and ideologies that produce distinct forms of inequality, in turn revealing and explaining such issues as the formation and maintenance of a gendered order; the privileging of prime-age workers; the penalties incurred by visible minorities in the labour market; the highly disadvantaged position of Aboriginals; and the economic decline of agriculture, resource, and fishing dependent regions. By paying special attention to political processes, norms, and representations, and by indicating how social policies shape economic functioning and relate to normative definitions, this book will interest policy-oriented researchers and decision-makers.

About the author

Danielle Juteau is a professor in the Department of Sociology and holds the Chair of Ethnic Relations in the Université de Montréal.

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