Inequality in Australia

ISBN-13: 9780521524421 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 320 str.

Alastair Greig; Frank Lewins

Opis

Challenging traditional conceptions and providing a new critical perspective, the authors provide a comprehensive historical record of inequality in Australia, and show how that account no longer adequately explains the new and different forms of inequality. As Australian society has changed, they argue, new forms of inequality have emerged, influencing the country's experience of identity, embodiment and politics. The book presents a critical overview of contemporary inequality suitable for undergraduates.

Recenzje

'… highly stimulating and thought provoking … there is much to recommend in this book … I strongly recommend the book as a supplementary text or reader for courses on social inequality and social exclusion.' Journal of Social Policy

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. The Body, Society and Inequality: 2. Inequality and the sociology of the body; 3. Sick bodies and inequality: class, mortality and morbidity; 4. Gendered, aged and disabled bodies; Part II. The Self, Society and Understandings of Inequality: 5. Experiencing the inequality of social resources; 6. Experiencing the inequality of cultural difference; 7. Experiencing the inequality of life chances; Part III. Politics, Society and Inequality: 8. Collective identity, politics and the myth of egalitarianism; 9. Citizenship, nation building and political struggles for equality; 10. The contested nature of inequality in contemporary Australia.