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Understanding Social Inequality: Modeling Allocation Processes (SAGE Library of Social Research)
Understanding Social Inequality Modeling Allocation Processes - SAGE Library of Social Research Author:Hubert M. Blalock The inequality in society is a key facet driving sociological study, both from a research and ideological perspective. But, according to Blalock, sociological understanding of the processes leading to inequality are overly simplistic. Most typically these processes are simply shown as the rich and powerful allocating resources to keep themselves... more » rich and powerful, further disenfranchising the weak and powerless. But Blalock contends that the processes of allocating resources - distributive justice - are far more complex, involving complicated actions, reactions and feedback by all parties in the interaction. He then attempts to develop a theoretical model of these processes to help understand how resources are allocated in society and how the accumulation of many individual level decisions ultimately lead to stratification in society.This important theoretical volume builds on much of Blalock's previous work, including his studies of power and the failings of research methods. It is of relevance to both macro and micro level social scientists, and should be vital reading for sociologists, social theorists, political scientists, all those concerned with research on social inequality including race and urban studies, and methodologists.« less