Teaching Social Inequality

Elgar Guides to Teaching

Garth Massey, Emeritus Professor of International Studies, University of Wyoming, US

The growing chasm between rich and poor, within societies and between nations, has enormous implications not only for people’s well-being and life chances but for the prospects for democracy throughout the world. From the interpersonal to the societal level, social inequality is the central feature of social life. Helping students appreciate and understand this is the most important task of social science instruction.

这,实用和全面guide is a wonderful resource for instructors seeking to engage students in an essential and timely area of sociology. Chapters step the instructor through the complexities of teaching a broad and changing field, offering approaches to engage students’ sociological imagination and critical thinking skills.’
– Scott Sernau, Indiana University South Bend, US