社会结构研究

Suppose you chose seven typical children to represent today’s UK. Who would they be? What would they reveal? Seven Children is about hidden realities of injustice and hope. In his high …

A superyacht is a boat that exceeds 30 metres in length, with some surpassing even 100 metres–more than a football field. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there were about 2, 000 of …

How second homeowners strategically leverage their privilege across multiple spaces In recent decades, Americans have purchased second homes at unprecedented rates. In Privileging Place, Meaghan Stim …

A groundbreaking look at the hidden role of bankruptcy in perpetuating inequality in America “Unjust Debts throws open the doors and windows to the bankruptcy system so readers can see for t …

The rich and the poor in the UK are subject to radically different legislative approaches. While the behaviours of the poor are relentlessly scrutinised, those of the rich are ignored or enabled. In …

Class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts in social science, but also a topic which has fascinated, amused, incensed and galvanized the general public. But what …

Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest generations of scholars, as well as being of …

From nurses and teachers to wildland firefighters and funeral directors—an intimate, honest, and illuminating collection of interviews that reveal what it’s like to work in America at this historic a …

Even though we often think of bodies as natural and given, or else as freely plastic objects, bodies are both constructed and fundamental to our sense of self. This book investigates the body as …

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and …