ISBN:
0521524423
,
0521818915
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 306 p)
,
ill
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Inequality in Australia
DDC:
305/.0994
Keywords:
Social classes
;
Equality
;
Australia Economic conditions 21st century
;
Australia Social policy
;
Australia Social conditions 21st century
Abstract:
This text seeks to analyse and explain inequality, challenging traditional conceptions and providing a new critical perspective. The authors provide a comprehensive historical account of inequality, and show how that account no longer adequately explains the new and different forms of inequality experienced in recent decades
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Why a new look at inequality?; The importance of the social; The importance of history; 2 Inequality and the Sociology of the Body; 3 Sick Bodies and Inequality: Class, Mortality and Morbidity; 4 Gendered, Aged and Disabled Bodies; 5 Experiencing the Inequality of Social Resources; 6 Experiencing the Inequality of Cultural Difference; 7 Experiencing the Inequality of Life Choices; 8 Collective Identity, Politics and the Myth of Egalitarianism
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Citizenship, Nation-Building and Political Struggles for Equality10 The Contested Nature of Inequality in Contemporary Australia; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-291) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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