Chapter 1: The Institutional Foundation of the Commodity Market Chapter 2: Demographic Changes and the Distribution of Wealth Chapter 3: Social Class and Property Chapter 4: Social Policy and Economic Inequality Part 5 Part II: Wealth and Welfare Part 6 Part III: Inequality in a Multi-Ethnic Society Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Families, Generations and Familial Responsibility Chapter 8 Chapter 6: The Racial/Ethnic Divide Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Intragroup Inequality and Social Closure Part 10 Part IV: Financial Institutions, Demographic Transitions and Economic Polarization
Yuval Elmelech is associate professor of sociology at Bard College and research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
This book is a welcome and important contribution to the
stratification literature. Elmelech introduces an original
conceptual framework for the study of stratification and inequality
by delineating the social mechanisms underlying the causal
relations between parental wealth and children economic wellbeing.
By so doing, Elmelech expands the scope of stratification research
from exclusive focus on labor market outcomes to the impact of
family resources and family wealth on economic wellbeing.
Transmitting Inequality thus, is a must for students of
stratification and inequality.
*Moshe Semyonov, Tel-Aviv Univeristy*
Elmelech...weaves a complex, comprehensive
narrative....Recommended.
*CHOICE, November 2008*
This book is a profound and important contribution to
stratification theory. Elmelech demonstrates how inequality in
family wealth cascades through the components of life chances and
living standards. He convincingly argues that our formulations of
social class must be broadened to include considerations of net
worth and asset types.
*Seymour Spilerman, Julian C. Levi, Professor of Sociology and
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality,
Columbia University*
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