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...

Class is a particularly troublesome issue in the United States and other rich capitalist societies. In this feminist analysis of class, noted sociologist Joan Acker examines and assesses feminist attempts to include white women and people of color in discussions of class. She argues that class processes are shaped through gender, race, and other forms of domination and inequality. Class Questions: Feminist Answers outlines a theory of class as a set of gendered and racialized processes in ...

Tout au long de son parcours, Joan Acker a cherché à combiner théorie et pratique. Elle a ainsi contribué à la réflexion de l’État d’Oregon sur la pesée des postes, en lien avec la question des inégalités salariales entre femmes et hommes, ce qui est à l’origine de l’un de ses ouvrages (1989). Son apport sans doute le plus important réside dans la remise en cause du présupposé initial de neutralité des organisations, notamment du point de vue des discriminations et des inégalités.

When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However, assessments about the assumptions and consequences of this radical change to the nation's social safety net were actually far more varied and disputed than the label "consensus" s...

Organizations, Jobs and Gender: Joan Acker’s Theory in Practice provides a full application of Joan Acker’s five gendering processes through an in-depth case study of an Australian trade union. It demonstrates how gendered divisions, cultural images, everyday interactions, and identity work are organized and sustained through a logic of doing duty and being responsible. Drawing on life history interviews and participant observation, the book provides practical guidance on how to o...