The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality Eleventh Edition by Dennis Gilbert

The American Class Arrangement in a Period of Expanding Disparity, Eleventh Edition uncovers how social class impacts our daily lives, from who we wed and how we nurture our children to where we reside and how we cast our ballots. Dennis Gilbert underscores the socioeconomic core of the class structure. A primary concept threading through the text is the burgeoning inequality in American society. The writer delineates the transition, commencing in the mid-1970s, from an Era of Collective Prosperity to an Era of Expanding Disparity. Utilizing current data on occupations, salaries, earnings, wealth, and poverty, he gauges the deepening chasm between the advantaged classes and average Americans. He frequently revisits the query, “For what reason is this transpiring?” Financial, governmental, and societal considerations are scrutinized, and the conflicting analyses of prominent authors are rigorously evaluated. In the ultimate chapter, Gilbert combines the book’s teachings about the influence of class and the dynamics backing expanding inequality.