| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-291) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social classes -- Australia.
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Social classes. |
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Australia. |
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Equality -- Australia.
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Equality. |
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Australia -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Australia -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Economic conditions. |
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Australia -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lewins, Frank W. (Frank William)
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White, Kevin, 1955-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Greig, Alastair, 1960- Inequality in Australia. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 (DLC) 2002038854 |
| ISBN |
0521818915 (hardback) |
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9780521818919 (hardback) |
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0521524423 (pb) |
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9780521524421 (pb) |
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0511061463 (electronic book) |
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9780511061462 (electronic book) |
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0511069928 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511069925 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781139165075 (electronic book) |
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1139165070 (electronic book) |
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