Inequality in Australia

by Alastair Greig, Frank Lewins, Kevin White

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521818919
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/17/2003
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a timely book, and a good one." Pacific Affairs, Robert Watts

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