The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification, inequality, and social theory, this new edition includes a revised and updated editor's introduction and conclusion, along with five new chapters on race and gender from distinguished schola...

In the labor market and workplace, anti-discrimination rules, affirmative action policies, and pay equity procedures exercise a direct effect on gender relations. But what can be done to influence the ways that men and women allocate tasks and responsibilities at home?In Gender Equality, Volume VI in the Real Utopias series, social scientists Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers propose a set of policies-paid family leave provisions, working time regulations, and early chi...

Find out how welfare reform has affected women living at the poverty levelWomen, Work, and Poverty presents the latest information on women living at or below the poverty level and the changes that need to be made in public policy to allow them to rise above their economic hardships. Using a wide range of research methods, including in-depth interviews, focus groups, small-scale surveys, and analysis of personnel records, the book explores different aspects of women’s poverty since...

Top feminist theorists and scholars examine the latest developments in gender politics and policy around the worldGendering Politics and Policy: Recent Developments in Europe, Latin America, and the United States discusses in depth how women and women’s perspectives are changing politics and policy in both the United States and around the world. This compelling resource surveys a range of issues and methodologies to bring the most recent gender issues, politics, and policies into c...

Gerade noch rechtzeitig wird Kasia von Raif, dem Sohn des Scheichs, aus einem Sandsturm gerettet. Die erotische Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen ist stärker als jede Vernunft. Willenlos vor Erregung schenkt Kasia dem Wüstenprinzen unter tausend Sternen ihre Unschuld. Ihr Schicksal scheint besiegelt. Nach Landestradition bedeutet das Heirat. Aber das ist für Kasia undenkbar! Überstürzt flieht sie nach England, wo Raif sie einige Monate später aufspürt. Sie wappnet sich gegen seinen Zorn, weil...