Social Inequality in Australia

Social Inequality in Australia Discourses, Realities, and Futures

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195525410
Publisher: OUP Australia & New Zealand
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 305.50994
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 328
Weight: 588g
Height: 172mm
Width: 246mm
Spine width: 20mm