Understanding Inequalities

Lucinda Platt is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1 The importance of inequality

1.2 What do we mean by inequality?

1.3 Equality and inequality: concepts and definitions

1.4 Inequalities across groups

1.5 Coverage and key themes

Further reading

Part I

Chapter Two: Class

2.1 Concepts, definitions, measurement

2.2 The National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) and the UK class distribution

2.3 Meritocracy and social mobility

Further reading

Chapter Three: Gender

3.1 Definitions, concepts and coverage

3.2 Women and labour market inequality

3.3 Gender and domestic work: women's double burden?

3.4 Explaining the gendered patterns of paid and unpaid work: socialization and preferences

3.5 Inequalities between women

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Chapter Four: Ethnicity

4.1 Ethnicity: definitions and measures

4.2 Ethnic groups in the UK: inequality and diversity

4.3 Explaining ethnic inequalities

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Chapter Five: International Migration

5.1 Defining migrants

5.2 Migrant diversity and inequalities

5.3 Explaining migrant inequality

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Chapter Six: Disability

6.1 Defining disability

6.2 Disability and inequalities

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Part II

Chapter Seven: Age and the Life Course

7.1 Inequalities and the life course

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Chapter Eight: Education

8.1 Educational attainment over time – and access to educational qualifications across different social origins

8.2 The role of educational institutions and their relationship to family resources and dominant cultures

8.3 Contemporary educational inequalities: gender and ethnicity

Further reading

Chapter Nine: Income, Wealth and Poverty

9.1 Income inequality

9.2 Wealth

9.3 Poverty

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Chapter Ten: Health

10.1 Drivers of inequalities in health

10.2 Health inequalities internationally and intra-nationally

10.3 Inequalities in health across social groups

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Chapter Eleven: Neighbourhood and Housing

11.1 Neighbourhood deprivation and neighbourhood effects

11.2 Housing

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Chapter Twelve: Conclusions: Inequality, Intersectionality and Diversity

12.1 A framework for understanding inequalities and stratification

12.2 Key themes

12.3 Looking forward

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