Social Inequality in Australia: Discourses, Realities and Futures - Paperback

by Daphne Habibis (Author), Maggie Walter (Author)

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 globalization 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.

Author Biography

Daphne Habibis, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, Maggie Walter, Professor, University of Tasmania

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

Maggie Walter - Professor, School of Sociology, University of Tasmania