Inequality in Australia

Inequality in Australia

Alastair Greig, Frank Lewins, Kevin White

Lewins, Frank, 1941-

White, Kevin, 1955-

2003

Cambridge, UK

Cambridge University Press

0-521-81891-5

hb

978-0-521-81891-9

hb

0-521-52442-3

pb

978-0-521-52442-1

pb

0-511-06146-3

electronic bk.

978-0-511-06146-2

electronic bk.

0-511-06992-8

electronic bk. : Adobe Reader

978-0-511-06992-5

electronic bk. : Adobe Reader

9786610434688

6610434689

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 306 Seiten)

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-291) and index

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

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

Australien / Soziale Ungleichheit / Geschichte / Lehrmittel

BV040922381