gender roles and sexual lifestyles. *Features a new "Web Connections" section at the end of every chapter. These Internet exercises engage students through hands-on activities that pertain to the subject matter at hand and provide additional sources on the changing profile of social inequality. *Gives a new discussion of the relevance of the global economy and the Internet and how they are affecting inequality in the U.S. *Contains more material on affirmative action (Ch. 16) and a new section on hate crimes (Ch. 12). *Reviews the highlights of current welfare reform packages and assesses the effectiveness of these reforms. *Adds more material on international differences in living conditions and life chances (Ch. 8), including more material on differences in life expectancies, mortality rates, AIDS, sanitation, housing, and literacy.

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