Description
Understanding Inequalities is a comprehensive exploration into the multifaceted issues surrounding social disparities. This essential resource delves into the most recent empirical evidence and contemporary theoretical debates regarding inequalities in society. Covering critical aspects such as social class, gender, ethnicity, disability, and migration status, the book illustrates how these factors intertwine and manifest across vital domains, including education, health, poverty, neighborhoods, and housing. Readers will discover how these inequalities accumulate across the life course, affecting life chances profoundly.
Richly illustrated with figures and real-life examples, this meticulously revised edition serves as an important educational tool for both undergraduate and master's students. The text includes new chapters addressing the complexities of disability and international migration, enhancing its relevance in today's global context. This insightful examination of inequalities not only highlights the interplay of various social factors but also underscores the necessity for awareness and understanding in tackling these pervasive issues.
Please note: Shipping for this item is free. Allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781509521265. Year: 2019. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK). Pages: 248.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509521265
Year: 2019
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 248
Description:
Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people™s lives. Examining social class, gender, ethnicity, disability and migration status, it demonstrates how these play out in relation to education, health, poverty, neighbourhood and housing and how they cumulate across the life course. Richly illustrated with figures and concrete examples showing the distribution of life chances across social groups, the book demonstrates how people™s lives are structured by inequalities across multiple dimensions.
Comprehensive topical chapters are framed by an exploration of the meaning and interpretation of inequalities and a discussion highlighting the important intersections between them. With new chapters on disability and international migration, this updated edition continues to provide a wide-ranging but detailed and theoretically sophisticated account of contemporary inequalities that will be invaluable to undergraduate and masters students alike.
Richly illustrated with figures and real-life examples, this meticulously revised edition serves as an important educational tool for both undergraduate and master's students. The text includes new chapters addressing the complexities of disability and international migration, enhancing its relevance in today's global context. This insightful examination of inequalities not only highlights the interplay of various social factors but also underscores the necessity for awareness and understanding in tackling these pervasive issues.
Please note: Shipping for this item is free. Allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781509521265. Year: 2019. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK). Pages: 248.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509521265
Year: 2019
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 248
Description:
Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people™s lives. Examining social class, gender, ethnicity, disability and migration status, it demonstrates how these play out in relation to education, health, poverty, neighbourhood and housing and how they cumulate across the life course. Richly illustrated with figures and concrete examples showing the distribution of life chances across social groups, the book demonstrates how people™s lives are structured by inequalities across multiple dimensions.
Comprehensive topical chapters are framed by an exploration of the meaning and interpretation of inequalities and a discussion highlighting the important intersections between them. With new chapters on disability and international migration, this updated edition continues to provide a wide-ranging but detailed and theoretically sophisticated account of contemporary inequalities that will be invaluable to undergraduate and masters students alike.