A user-friendly introduction to social inequality. This text is a broad introduction to the many types of inequality- economics, status, political power, sex and gender, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity- in U.S. society and in a global setting. The author provides a wide range of explanations for inequality and, using the latest research on the multiple impacts of inequality, surveys in detail the personal and social consequences of social inequality. Learning Goals * Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: * Understand that inequality is multidimensional * Understand that it is essential to understand the explanations of the various forms of inequality in order to further a resolution to any inequality's undesirable consequences * Understand the discussion of inequality in its broader, historical cultural and international context