Inequality in Australia / / Alastair Greig, Frank Lewins, Kevin White

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825435003321
• Autore: Greig Alastair <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1-107-13558-3; 1-280-43468-6; 1-139-16507-0; 1-139-14873-7; 0-511-16993-0; 0-511-06992-8; 0-511-05513-7; 0-511-30818-3; 0-511-06146-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Altri autori (Persone): LewinsFrank W (Frank William); WhiteKevin, Ph. D.
• Disciplina: 305/.0994
• Soggetti: Social classes - Australia; Equality - Australia; Australia Social conditions 21st century; Australia Economic conditions 21st century; Australia Social policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-291) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; 9 Citizenship, Nation-Building and Political Struggles for Equality10 The Contested Nature of Inequality in Contemporary Australia; 11 ; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 experienced in recent decades. They argue that transformations in industrial, familial and political relations since the 1970s must be taken into account when trying to come to grips with the 'new' inequalities. As society has changed, new forms of inequality have emerged, conditioning the subject's very experience of identity, embodiment and politics. Inequality is understood, then, not as something that can be determined only with reference to traditional categories such as class but as that which works more insidiously. The authors demonstrate, for example, how bio and medical technologies produce inequalities. The book is at once a critical overview of contemporary inequality and a thorough-going textbook suitable for undergraduates.