To date, scholars in higher education have examined the ways in which students' experiences in the classroom and the human capital they attain impact social class inequalities. In this book, Jenny Stuber argues that the experiential core of college life-the social and extra-curricular worlds of higher education-operates as a setting in which social class inequalities manifest and get reproduced. As college students form friendships and get involved in activities like Greek life, study abro...

The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned "down" toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study of poor and marginalized groups in public schools. Seldom have educational researchers considered class privilege and educational advantage in their attempts at understanding inequality and fom...

Explore the world of sociology through a defining feature of all societies: power.The Power of Sociology: Grasping Our Unequal World introduces students to sociology through the discipline’s primary concern: the causes and consequences of social inequality, and at its core, power. The central organizing principle of social life, power is relevant to every reader and fundamental to all major sub-areas of sociology. Authors Gudmundur Oddsson, Jenny M. Stuber...

Now Published by SAGE!In Exploring Inequality: A Sociological Approach, author Jenny M. Stuber examines the socially constructed nature of our identities, the processes by which we acquire them, prejudice and privilege, and the unequal outcomes they produce within institutions. By employing both micro-level and macro-level perspectives, as well as integrating intersectional analysis in every chapter, this text provides a solid and effective framework for u...

Clearing the Path for First-Generation College Students comprises a wide range of studies that explore the multidimensional social processes and meanings germane to the experiences of first-generation college students before and during their matriculation into institutions of higher education. The chapters offer timely, empirical examinations of the ways that these students negotiate experiences shaped by structural inequities in higher education institutions and the pathways that lead to ...

How is it possible for a town to exist where the median household income is about $73,000, but the median home price is about $4,000,000? Boring into the "impossible" math of Aspen, Colorado, Stuber explores how middle-class people have found a way to live in this supergentrified town. Interviewing a range of residents, policymakers, and officials, Stuber shows that what resolves the math equation between incomes and home values in Aspen, Colorado—the X-factor that makes middle-class life ...

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its overview of education and schooling.Education is changing rapidly, just as the social forces outside of schools are, and to present the material in a meaningful way, the authors of this book provide a unifying framework—an open systems approach—to illustrate how the issues and structures we fin...

Im Nobelkaufhaus Harrods liegt ein lebloser Körper auf Eis zwischen den teuren Champagner- Flaschen – ausgerechnet vor der feierlichen Neueröffnung! Der einfältige Inspector Littlechild verhaftet eine junge Obdachlose. Millie und Eliza zweifeln an deren Schuld und ermitteln heimlich im Kaufhaus. Hinter der mondänen Luxus-Fassade stoßen sie auf giftige Intrigen.

Während in Deutschland der Konflikt zwischen BND und Verfassungsschutz eskaliert, deckt Anna Gudwin die Strategie von Stephen Thaus im Kampf um die Weltherrschaft auf: Er überzieht die Erde mit einem Guerillakrieg, dem die Nationen machtlos gegenüber stehen. Als Anna vom Verfassungsschutz kaltgestellt wird, zieht sie auf eigene Faust los, um den skrupellosen Anführer der SVIA zu stellen. Dieser lockt sie in eine Falle in der chilenischen Atacama-Wüste - während er mit einem finalen Anschla...

Die Serie erzählt die fiktionale Geschichte der Studentin Anna Gudwin, die versucht, ihren totgeglaubten Vater Klaus Gudwin zu finden. Klaus - ein altgedienter BND-Agent - ist spurlos verschwunden, hat aber jede Menge kryptische Botschaften hinterlassen. Der BND - vertreten durch Annas "Führungsoffizier" Manfred Mor - hat ein großes Interesse, diese Botschaften zu finden und zu entschlüsseln. Dafür braucht er Anna. Auf ihrer Suche folgt Anna den Spuren, die ihr Vater Klaus in der jüngeren ...

Als die Chefin des US-Repräsentantenhauses, Pelosi, Taiwan besucht und China mit Krieg droht, liegen die Nerven beim BND blank. Manfred Mor setzt alle Hebel in Bewegung, um Deutschland so schnell wie möglich von der Taiwanischen Halbleiterindustrie unabhängig zu machen. Anna soll nach Taiwan reisen, um einen Wirtschaftsspion zu treffen. Doch auch Nadine Dietz taucht auf und versucht Anna, mit einer Ehrlichkeitsoffensive für ihre Sache zu gewinnen. Der Lohn ist ein Kontakt zu dem Mann, der ...

The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.This comprehensive anthology features classical readings on the sociology of education, as well as current, original essays by notable contemporary scholars. Assigned as a main text or a supplement, this fully updated Sixth Edition uses the open systems app...