The psychology of poverty, wealth, and economic inequality /
Belle, Deborah,
The psychology of poverty, wealth, and economic inequality / Deborah Belle, Boston University, Heather E. Bullock, University of California, Santa Cruz. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023. - xxviii, 385 pages :
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2022).
Cover
Half-title
Reviews
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Organization and Coverage
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Contemporary Economic Inequalities
Part II: Psychological Dynamics
Chapter 2: Beliefs about Social Class, Poverty, and Wealth
Chapter 3: Classist Stigma, Exclusion, and Disrespect
Part III: Economic Inequality Affects Us All
Chapter 4: Poverty and Its Costs
Chapter 5: Working Class: The Essential Workers
Chapter 6: Wealth and Its Costs
Chapter 7: Societal Economic Inequality Part IV: Intersections
Chapter 8: Race and Racism
Chapter 9: Gender and Poverty
Part V: Contexts
Chapter 10: Housing Precarity and Homelessness
Chapter 11: Parenting while Poor
Chapter 12: Social Networks and Social Supports
Part VI: Solutions
Chapter 13: Poverty, Psychology, and Mental Health Services
Chapter 14: Working toward Equality and Economic Justice
Special Features
Acknowledgments
Part I Introduction
1 Contemporary Economic Inequalities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 An Unequal Nation
1.2.1 Income Inequality
1.2.2 Wealth Inequality 1.2.3 Gender and Racial Disparities
1.2.4 Age Disparities
1.3 A Difficult Economy for the Many
1.3.1 Declining Minimum Wage
1.3.2 Precarity and the Gig Economy
1.3.3 Little Help from Government
1.3.4 Destruction of the Social Safety Net
1.4 Wealth and Power for the Few
1.4.1 Tax Injustice
1.4.2 Monopoly Power
1.4.3 Financialization
1.5 How Did We Get to Be Such an Unequal Nation?
1.5.1 Settler Colonialism
1.5.2 Slavery
1.5.3 Justifying Slavery and Genocide
1.5.4 Maintaining Inequalities
A Policed Society
1.5.5 Wealth Stripping 1.5.6 Plantation Capitalism
1.6 Creating a More Equal Nation
1.6.1 Populist Revolt
1.6.2 The New Deal
1.7 Moving Forward
1.8 Summary
1.9 Questions
1.10 Further Resources
Part II Psychological Dynamics
2 Beliefs about Social Class, Poverty, and Wealth
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Social Class as an Earned versus Ascribed Status
2.2.1 Class as an Earned Status
2.3 In Our Genes? Class as an Ascribed Status
2.3.1 Heritability
2.3.2 A Discredited Argument
2.3.3 Class Essentialism and Subjective Class Status
2.4 Earned or Ascribed: Class as Deserved 2.5 Justifying the Status Quo
2.5.1 The Tenaciousness of System-Justifying Beliefs
2.6 Stereotypes about Poverty and Wealth
2.6.1 The Stereotype Content Model
2.6.2 The Poor: Undeserving and Immoral
2.6.3 The Rich: Deserving but Greedy
2.7 Explaining the Class Divide: Attributions for Poverty and Wealth
2.7.1 Individualistic, Structural, and Fatalistic Attributions
2.7.2 Favored Attributions
2.7.3 Attributional Biases
2.7.4 Consequences of Attribution Patterns
2.8 Moving Forward
2.9 Summary
2.10 Questions
2.11 Further Resources
Economic inequality is a defining issue of our time, with a handful of individuals in the United States today owning more wealth than half the population in the country. What are the psychological consequences of living in a profoundly unequal society? This comprehensive textbook is among the first to examine poverty, wealth, and economic inequality from a psychological perspective. Written by two leading scholars in the field, it provides an intersectional analysis of the impact of economic inequality on cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, intergroup, physiological, and health outcomes. Students are introduced to the diverse methods used to study poverty, wealth, and economic inequality and the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, while the text focuses on solutions at the individual, community, and national levels to restore optimism and encourage action. Chapter features include exercises and reflection questions that help students think critically about the implications of research findings for their own lives.
9781108644792 (ebook)
Poor women
Poor women
Income distribution
Poverty--Psychology.--United States--Social conditions.--United States--Psychological aspects.--United States--Psychological aspects.--United States
362.839 / BEL
The psychology of poverty, wealth, and economic inequality / Deborah Belle, Boston University, Heather E. Bullock, University of California, Santa Cruz. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2023. - xxviii, 385 pages :
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2022).
Cover
Half-title
Reviews
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Organization and Coverage
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Contemporary Economic Inequalities
Part II: Psychological Dynamics
Chapter 2: Beliefs about Social Class, Poverty, and Wealth
Chapter 3: Classist Stigma, Exclusion, and Disrespect
Part III: Economic Inequality Affects Us All
Chapter 4: Poverty and Its Costs
Chapter 5: Working Class: The Essential Workers
Chapter 6: Wealth and Its Costs
Chapter 7: Societal Economic Inequality Part IV: Intersections
Chapter 8: Race and Racism
Chapter 9: Gender and Poverty
Part V: Contexts
Chapter 10: Housing Precarity and Homelessness
Chapter 11: Parenting while Poor
Chapter 12: Social Networks and Social Supports
Part VI: Solutions
Chapter 13: Poverty, Psychology, and Mental Health Services
Chapter 14: Working toward Equality and Economic Justice
Special Features
Acknowledgments
Part I Introduction
1 Contemporary Economic Inequalities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 An Unequal Nation
1.2.1 Income Inequality
1.2.2 Wealth Inequality 1.2.3 Gender and Racial Disparities
1.2.4 Age Disparities
1.3 A Difficult Economy for the Many
1.3.1 Declining Minimum Wage
1.3.2 Precarity and the Gig Economy
1.3.3 Little Help from Government
1.3.4 Destruction of the Social Safety Net
1.4 Wealth and Power for the Few
1.4.1 Tax Injustice
1.4.2 Monopoly Power
1.4.3 Financialization
1.5 How Did We Get to Be Such an Unequal Nation?
1.5.1 Settler Colonialism
1.5.2 Slavery
1.5.3 Justifying Slavery and Genocide
1.5.4 Maintaining Inequalities
A Policed Society
1.5.5 Wealth Stripping 1.5.6 Plantation Capitalism
1.6 Creating a More Equal Nation
1.6.1 Populist Revolt
1.6.2 The New Deal
1.7 Moving Forward
1.8 Summary
1.9 Questions
1.10 Further Resources
Part II Psychological Dynamics
2 Beliefs about Social Class, Poverty, and Wealth
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Social Class as an Earned versus Ascribed Status
2.2.1 Class as an Earned Status
2.3 In Our Genes? Class as an Ascribed Status
2.3.1 Heritability
2.3.2 A Discredited Argument
2.3.3 Class Essentialism and Subjective Class Status
2.4 Earned or Ascribed: Class as Deserved 2.5 Justifying the Status Quo
2.5.1 The Tenaciousness of System-Justifying Beliefs
2.6 Stereotypes about Poverty and Wealth
2.6.1 The Stereotype Content Model
2.6.2 The Poor: Undeserving and Immoral
2.6.3 The Rich: Deserving but Greedy
2.7 Explaining the Class Divide: Attributions for Poverty and Wealth
2.7.1 Individualistic, Structural, and Fatalistic Attributions
2.7.2 Favored Attributions
2.7.3 Attributional Biases
2.7.4 Consequences of Attribution Patterns
2.8 Moving Forward
2.9 Summary
2.10 Questions
2.11 Further Resources
Economic inequality is a defining issue of our time, with a handful of individuals in the United States today owning more wealth than half the population in the country. What are the psychological consequences of living in a profoundly unequal society? This comprehensive textbook is among the first to examine poverty, wealth, and economic inequality from a psychological perspective. Written by two leading scholars in the field, it provides an intersectional analysis of the impact of economic inequality on cognitive, emotional, interpersonal, intergroup, physiological, and health outcomes. Students are introduced to the diverse methods used to study poverty, wealth, and economic inequality and the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, while the text focuses on solutions at the individual, community, and national levels to restore optimism and encourage action. Chapter features include exercises and reflection questions that help students think critically about the implications of research findings for their own lives.
9781108644792 (ebook)
Poor women
Poor women
Income distribution
Poverty--Psychology.--United States--Social conditions.--United States--Psychological aspects.--United States--Psychological aspects.--United States
362.839 / BEL