Social stratification and inequality : class conflict in historical, comparative, and global perspective / Harold R. Kerbo.

Part I. Introduction
1. Perspectives and Concepts in the Study of Social Stratification
2. Dimensions of Inequality in the United States: Class, Gender, and Race
3. Social Stratification in Human Societies: The History of Inequality
Part II: Explanations of Social Stratification: Stratification Theories
4. Social Stratification Theory: Early Statements
5. Modern Theories of Social Stratification
Part III: The American Class Structure
6. The Upper Class
7. The Corporate Class
8. The Middle and Working Classes
9. Poverty and the Political Economy of Welfare
10. Gender Stratifications and Inequalities: The Persistance of Ascription
11. Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity: The Persistance of Ascription
Part IV: The Process of Social Stratification
12. Social Mobility: Class Ascription and Achievement
13. The Process of Legitimation
Part V: Social Stratification Beyond the United States
14. The World Stratification System: Dominance and Competition Among the Core Nations
15. Social Stratification in Japan
16. Social Stratification in Germany
17. World Stratification and Globalization: The Poor of this Earth