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"New book on Social Inequality"
06/30/2004 Entry
Shameless plug: there is a new book out on Social Inequality edited by Kathryn Neckerman and published by the Russell Sage Foundation. The volume brings together recent research from the various social sciences on the topic of social stratification. I am often frustrated by how common it is for researchers to ignore papers by others on topics relevant to their work simply - or so it seems - because the researchers are in other fields. One nice aspect of this volume is that it features research by sociologists, political scientists, economists and demographers alike. The shameless plug has to do with the fact that I co-authored (with Paul DiMaggio, Coral Celeste and Steven Shafer) one of the chapters called “Digital Inequality: From Unequal Access to Differentiated Use”.
It is exciting to see a book on social stratification contain a chapter on digital inequality since many subfields of sociology seem to be taking quite some time in realizing and/or acknowledging that the increasing spread of IT is relevant to various areas of social scientific inquiry.
These are the five key issues we address in our piece:
1. The digital divide. Who has access to the Internet, who does not have access, and how has access changed?
2. Is access to and use of the Internet more or less unequal than access to and use of other forms of information technology?
3. Among the increasing number of Internet users, how do such factors as gender, race, and socio-economic status shape inequality in ease, effectiveness, and quality of use? What mechanisms account for links between individual attributes and technological outcomes?
4. Does access to and use of the Internet affect people’s life chances?
5. How might the changing technology, regulatory environment, and industrial organization of the Internet render obsolete the findings reported here?
See a more detailed outline of the chapter and a copy of a draft version here or send me a note if you’d like me to snail mail you a copy of the final chapter.
The book has 26 chapters on topics ranging from family and children to inequality in school and work, in health and political participation. With the index, the volume is over 1000 pages long. The paperback edition is $49.50 (the hardcover goes for $125.00). Contributors include Neil Fligstein, Richard Freeman, Bob Hauser, Mike Hout, Sandy Jencks, Theda Skocpol, Sidney Verba, Jane Waldfogel, Bruce Western and many others.
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