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Researching Social Stratification & Inequality |
Catalog
for Finding Books
Databases for Finding Newspaper, Magazine & Journal
Articles
Links to Selected Websites
Suggested
Background Reading
A Generation of Widening
Inequality, The State of Working California, 1979 to 2006
Since the
late 1970s,
"For Richer: How the Permissive Capitalism of the Boom Destroyed American Equality." (Cover Story) Paul Krugman. The New York Times Magazine, Oct. 20, 2002 p.62 (10). PLS Library required from off campus.
ABSTRACT: Rapid concentration of wealth at the very top of the income scale has obliterated the American dream of equality and created a new Gilded Age.
"Income Inequality." CQ Researcher April 17, 1998, pp. 337-60. Available in the Skyline College Library reference area
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library System.
- Type in the name of your topic in the search box and click the Search button.
- Suggested subject headings:
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY -- evidence of (statistics), causes, theories: - capitalism -- history
- economic history
- equality -
- income distribution
- income distribution -
- marxian economics
- philosophy, marxist
- social classes
- social classes -
- social classes -
- social mobility -
- wealth -
CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY:
- african americans - economic conditions
- afro-american women -- employment
- hispanic americans - economic conditions
- hispanic american women -- employment
- poor - united states
- poor children -
- poverty -
- working class - economic conditions
- working class -
- working class -
- working poor -
- The search results will show books and other materials
in all libraries in the Peninsula Library Sytem.
Limit your results to books at Skyline Library by clicking on the Limit button at the right side of the page and then scroll down to near the bottom and click on Skyline College Library and then click OK.
Databases for Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
Search the following
article databases using the subject headings suggested for searching the PLS
catalog above
OR
try a keyword search, for example: income inequality AND united states
AND health
InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP
on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
articles from
academic journals & popular magazines.
InfoTrac Newspapers
on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles
from N.Y. Times, S.F. Chronicle, L.A. Times, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Seattle Times, Fresno Bee, Times
(London, England), Financial Times (London, England) & Manila
Bulletin (Philippines)
Lexis Nexis
Academic Universe
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles
from a wide range of news, business & other publications.
- Click on News at left of home page
- In the box for: "Step One: Select a news category", select: General News
- In the box for: "Step Two: Select a news source", select: Major Papers
- In the first entry box under: "Step Three: Enter search terms", enter word(s) for your desired topic, e.g. civil liberties AND terrorism
- Click the Search button
Ethnic Newswatch
on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles from
about 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press, in English and Spanish.
Links
to Recommended Websites:
Inequality.org
This site presents "news,
information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth and health."
Click on "Facts & Figures" for excellent data & charts
on the stratification of income, wealth and health in the
United for a Fair Economy
An independent, nonpartisan non-profit organization, UFE "raises awareness
that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy,
deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. We support and help build social
movements for greater equality." Click on "Research Library"
for excellent data & analysis.
U.S. Census
Bureau:
Official
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Poverty and
Income Distribution
Non-partisan
research on government policies with emphasis on those affecting low- and
moderate- income people. Up-to-date data.
Economic
Report of the President
Annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors that overviews the nation's economic progress using text and
extensive data appendices.
Global Policy Forum: Global Injustice and Inequality
Excellent
documents, articles and links on a wide range of issues from the Global Policy
Forum, an organization designed to "monitor global policy making at the
United Nations."
UC
Atlas of Global Inequality
Site explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and
graphics.
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): Recent
Trends in Income and Poverty
This study examines
recent trends in the distribution of family income in
Diversity Issues
Recommended websites from Skyline Library's Diversity & Ethnic Relations
Research Links page.
Equality
& Education
A project of The Century Foundation "examining the causes of inequality in our
schools, analyzing reform proposals, and offering new possibilities to
policymakers..." "The Century Foundation is a research foundation
that undertakes timely and critical analyses of major economic, political, and
social institutions and issues, [including some reports on educational issues].
Nonprofit and nonpartisan."
Challenging Racial Inequality in Education
Article from In Motion Magazine by Pedro A. Noguera,
Ph.D. is Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Director,
Institute for the Study of Social Change,
Journal of Poverty
Quarterly journal on social, political and economic inequalities.
Alternative
Press Center
Links to
publications presenting alternative viewpoints
Newspaper
Websites
Links to directories of newspaper & news websites from around the world.
International Encyclopedia of the Social &
Behavioral Sciences
- Scroll down alphabetically to find the entry for Inequality and Equality
- Click on the entry for abstracts of encyclopedia articles on sociological
issues related to inequality
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