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Social inequality / Louise Warwick-Booth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxi, 338 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781526409577
  • 1526409577
  • 9781526409560
  • 1526409569
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305 WAR 23
LOC classification:
  • HM821 .W37 2019
Contents:
1. What is Social Inequality? -- 2. Social Divisions and Inequality: Social Class -- 3. Social Divisions and Inequality: Gender -- 4. Social Divisions and Inequality: Ethnicity -- 5. Social Divisions and Inequality: Youth and Age -- 6. Social Divisions and Inequality: Health and Disability -- 7. Globalisation and the Global Dimensions of Inequality -- 8. The Global Social Policy Arena and Inequality -- 9. Social Policy and its Relationship to Inequality: Facilitator or Potential Solution? -- 10. Solutions to Inequality: How Do We Create a More Equal Global Society?
Summary: Accessible and engaging, the second edition of Social Inequality is your essential guide to social inequality and stratification. Covering key theories, ideologies and concepts, this book brings a complex social phenomenon to life with contemporary examples and learning features. Offering a nuanced analysis of the subject, this book includes: Two new chapters on Youth and Age, and Health and Disability; Updated coverage of sexuality and transgender issues; Discussions on migration and asylum seeking; A global context, offering a comparative discussion on social inequalities, policy, and justice. Lucidly written, this is a key companion that will enhance your understanding of the dynamics of social inequality--back cover.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 224668

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-330) and index.

1. What is Social Inequality? -- 2. Social Divisions and Inequality: Social Class -- 3. Social Divisions and Inequality: Gender -- 4. Social Divisions and Inequality: Ethnicity -- 5. Social Divisions and Inequality: Youth and Age -- 6. Social Divisions and Inequality: Health and Disability -- 7. Globalisation and the Global Dimensions of Inequality -- 8. The Global Social Policy Arena and Inequality -- 9. Social Policy and its Relationship to Inequality: Facilitator or Potential Solution? -- 10. Solutions to Inequality: How Do We Create a More Equal Global Society?

Accessible and engaging, the second edition of Social Inequality is your essential guide to social inequality and stratification. Covering key theories, ideologies and concepts, this book brings a complex social phenomenon to life with contemporary examples and learning features. Offering a nuanced analysis of the subject, this book includes: Two new chapters on Youth and Age, and Health and Disability; Updated coverage of sexuality and transgender issues; Discussions on migration and asylum seeking; A global context, offering a comparative discussion on social inequalities, policy, and justice. Lucidly written, this is a key companion that will enhance your understanding of the dynamics of social inequality--back cover.

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