Social Inequality in Canada is a collection of twenty-eight articles that cover all of the major aspects of social inequality. The text covers two broad components: objective or structural conditions of social inequality (power, poverty and wealth, occupations, and educational attainment, in particular) and ideologies that help support these differences. Readers who would prefer a more egalitarian society than currently exists in Canada will find reasons for both optimism and pessimism in the research presented here. The studies in this collection demonstrate that some types of inequality are generally becoming more marked over time, while others have considerably diminished, and still more that show little change in recent decades.

Social Inequality in Canada: Patterns, Problems &Policies (5th Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Grabb, Edward

Guppy, Neil

Sociology

Pearson Education Canada

Provides a valuable comparison between Canada and the United States. It looks at the theoretical and historical underpinnings of myths about Canada and the United States and uses research to examine the validity of these myths.

Regions Apart: The Four Societies of Canada and the United States

History

Curtis, James

Americas

Oxford University Press

Regions Apart provides an invaluable social, cultural, and political comparison of the two countries that share the world's longest undefended border--Canada and the United States. General readers and students alike will find this book an insightful analysis of how and why Americans and Canadians differ, not only from each other but from region to region within each country. Recognizing the inevitability of the comparison, the authors explore the myths about the historical development of the two nations and provide their own thought-provoking interpretation. They argue that the original American colonies and English Canada were very similar societies and that the differences that emerged as the countries developed resulted not simply because of the rupture caused by the American Revolution, but because of internal divisions in each country--between English and French Canada and between the American North and South--that set the two nations on different paths.

Regions Apart: The Four Societies of Canada and the United States (Wynford Books)

Bringing together twenty-one articles written by experts, Social Inequality in Canada explores the many dimensions of social disadvantage and injustice that exist in this country today. Beginning with a thorough examination of structural inequality issues before moving on to address the wide-ranging impact that social inequality can have, the text presents students with a comprehensive overview of both the persistent patterns of inequality as well as the progress that has been made.

Social Inequality in Canada: Dimensions of Disadvantage

Reitz, Jeffrey G.

Hwang, Monica Mi Hee

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.

Theory of Social Inequality

Harcourt Brace, Canada