This book provides up to date discussion and evidence about inequalities, social divisions and stratification. Its innovative style engages readers and encourages them to reflect upon the many dimensions of social inequality.

This updated third edition contains:

• Three new chapters on employment, sexualities and migration
• Updated coverage of intersectionality throughout
• Thirteen new in-depth case studies (one per chapter)

This is a must read as a key introductory companion for students who wish to understand the dynamics of contemporary social inequality.

Louise Warwick-Booth is a Reader at the School of Health, Leeds Beckett University

About the Author
Dr Louise Warwick-Booth is a sociologist with specific interests in health policy and social policy. She is a Reader and an Associate Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University. She teaches on a wide range of modules including sociology for health, policy and politics of health, research design, communities and community health as well as global health. Louise's research projects are diverse but focus on social inequalities and vulnerable populations such disadvantaged women experiencing abuse, Traveller and Gypsy communities and socially isolated older people. She evaluates interventions to improve the health of such vulnerable groups drawing upon various methods including feminist participatory approaches and creative tools in order to give people voice and actively participate in the research process. Her research has been used in practice to improve interventions during their delivery and in securing future funding for health promotion interventions in the voluntary sector. Louise has published several textbooks, including Global Health Studies (2018), Contemporary Health Studies: An Introduction 2nd Edition (2021, with colleagues), Creating Participatory Research (2021, with colleagues) as well as numerous journal articles.


Book Information
ISBN 9781529768510
Author Louise Warwick-Booth
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 740g