Social Inequality
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Published:24th Dec '18
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Now in an updated second edition, Social Inequality continues to be an essential guide to understanding social inequality and stratification, helping readers to understand what inequality is, how it is defined, explored and measured, and what the key social divisions are at both global and national level.
The new edition includes:
- A global context, offering a comparative discussion on social inequalities, policy, and justice.
- NEW CHAPTER: ′Youth and Age′ discusses age as a social construct and form of division.
- NEW CHAPTER: ′Health and disability′ defines health inequalities and analyses the current thinkers on health inequalities and their proposed solutions.
- Updated coverage of sexuality and transgender issues.
- Enhanced discussion of migration and asylum seeking. <
Social Inequality provides a clear and concise overview of social inequality and the key social divisions in today′s contemporary global world. This is essential reading for our health students with key concepts defined and discussed in an an accessible manner. An excellent text. -- Peter Leadbetter, Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead in Applied Health & Social Care, Edge Hill University
An engaging and comprehensive guide to the multifaceted dimensions of contemporary social inequality. This excellent book will serve as an ideal introductory text for students of social policy, sociology, social work and politics or indeed anyone who is concerned with social injustice. -- Lisa Matera, Communities and Partnerships Project Officer & Part time tutor on Child and Families Foundation Degree, University of Leeds.
The extensive range of issues explored in the book in relation to social inequality, including the comprehensive analysis of each particular social division, as well as the inclusion of tasks, case studies and key points in each chapter, makes Social Inequality a very recommendable and pedagogical book on this salient and current topic. -- Mar´ia Dalli, University of Valencia, Spain
ISBN: 9781526409577
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 620g
360 pages
2nd Revised edition