The eleventh edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences is an introduction to the study of social inequality. Fully updated statistics and examples convey the pervasiveness and extent of social inequality in the United States.

Heather M. Fitz Gibbon is a Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. Her research focuses on poverty in micropolitan regions, motherhood within the welfare system, and childcare systems. She has been a community-based researcher, evaluating anti-poverty and family literacy community programs.

Anne M. Nurse is a Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. Her published work is on juvenile corrections and child sexual abuse prevention. She most recently published Confronting Child Sexual Abuse.

Charles E. Hurst is an emeritus Professor of Sociology at the College of Wooster. His work focuses on issues of social status, comparative poverty and inequality, and the uses of theories in understanding contemporary problems. Recently, these interests also include studies of status in Amish communities in Ohio.

Preface Acknowledgments, 1. An Introduction to the Study of Social Inequality, Part 1: Extent and Forms of Social Inequality, 2. Poverty, Wealth, and Inequality, 3. Class, Governmental Policy, and Mobility, 4. Status Inequality, 5. Power, Part 2: Causes of Inequality, 6. Classical Explanations of Inequality, 7. Contemporary Explanations of Inequality, Part 3: Winners and Losers, 8. Sex and Gender Inequality, 9. Sexual Orientation and Inequality, 10. Racial and Ethnic Inequality, 11. Immigration, Place, and Religion, Part 4: Consequences of Social Inequality, 12. Inequality, Health, and the Environment, 13. Inequality, Crime, and Criminal Justice, Part 5: Social Change, 14. Social Inequality and Social Movements, 15. Policy Alternatives, Glossary of Basic Terms, References