Social Inequality in Australia

Discourses, Realities and Futures

Second Edition

Daphne Habibis, Maggie Walter

Social Inequality in Australia

Discourses, Realities and Futures

Second Edition

Daphne Habibis, Maggie Walter

ISBN:

9780195525410

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Paperback

Published:

19 Feb 2015

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Description

Social Inequality in Australia: Discourses, Realities and Futures provides detailed coverage of the key dimensions of the nature and extent of inequality and difference in Australian society. It examines how social inequality affects different social groups, explores the role of culture in the social reproduction of hierarchy and difference, and incorporates discussion about the effects of globalisation on inequality and difference in Australia. The second edition tests arguments about the nature of inequality against empirical evidence, and incorporates topical case studies in each chapter provide contemporary examples to aid student understanding of theory and perspectives in context.


NEW TO THIS EDITION

  • Updated throughout with new theory and recent census data
  • Indigenous issues integrated throughout
  • Strengthened integration of international issues that impact Australia
  • Discussion questions at the end of each chapter
  • Glossary margin notes to help clarify sociological terms

Contents

Part 1: Theorising Social Inequality
1. Social Inequality: A Short History of an Idea
2. Classical Theories of Inequality and Their Modern Developments 
3. Transformations of Class Theory: From Class to Identity
Part 2: Spheres of Inequality
4. The Material Sphere 
5. The Political Sphere
6. The Cultural Sphere 
Part 3: Sites of Inequality
7. Knowledge, Education and Technology
8. The Labour Market
9. The Family 
10. Place and Space: Locational Inequality 
11. The Body 
Part 4: Conclusion
12. Transforming Inequality

Authors

Daphne Habibis - Associate Professor, School of Sociology, University of Tasmania 
Maggie Walter - Professor, School of Sociology, University of Tasmania

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