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Inequality in Australia.

Publication: Melbourne Journal of Politics
Publication Date: 01-JAN-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1089 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Inequality in Australia.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
INEQUALITY IN AUSTRALIA ALASTAIR GREIG, FRANK LEWINS AND KEVIN WHITE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003

AUD $44.95 (PPK), pp. 320 ISBN: 0521 524423

The authors of this book take a new approach to the problem of inequality and apply it to the Australian case claiming that, "to explain the persistent structures and the transformations of social inequality, a new approach is necessary" (p. 2). While many of the examples and case studies that are used are from an Australian perspective, the theoretical contribution of this text is universal. Firstly, the authors introduce a matrix that is used not only as an organizing feature for the text but also provides a theoretical framework that enables the different features and expressions of inequality to be synthesised. The matrix includes three facets of inequality: sociological theory, self-experience and empirical reality; and three domains: the body, the self and politics. These nine cells are then explored within historical context. The book is divided into three parts,...

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