Understanding Social Inequality

Understanding Social Inequality charts a path through current debates and issues, linking the study of social and class inequality to: recent theories and theorists, such as poststructuralism and Pierre Bourdieu; new social groups, from successful middle-class gentrifiers to the 'working poor'; space, place and new forms of mobility and immobility; and the increasingly globalized nature of social inequality. Accessible and engagingly written, this book stimulates the 'sociological imagination', prompting readers to link personal experiences to public issues.

About the Author:
Tim Butler is Professor of Geography at King's College London

About the Author:
Paul Watt is a Reader in Social Policy at the Policy Research Institute, University of Wolverhampton