Description
In Ireland and elsewhere, inequality tends to be a major feature of society. Differences in wealth, income, prestige, education, gender, race and other social attributes profoundly impact how our lives are experienced and how we view, and are viewed by others. In this module, different forms of social inequality are outlined, as well as the ways that they can be examined from a practical and theoretical perspective. A range of studies are drawn upon that demonstrate how the manifestations of inequality vary in both time and space. Changes in the class structure are outlined as well as key issues related to inequalities in contemporary Irish society such as health care, housing and education. The module outlines a range of sociological perspectives on inequality as they relate to class, poverty, gender and racism.
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Indicative Reading List
- Bulmer, Martin and Solomos, John: 1999, Racism, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
- Connell, R.W: 2005, Masculinities, Second, University of California Press, Los Angles,
- Connell, R: 2009, Gender: Short Introductions, Polity Press, Cambridge,
- Garner, S: 2003, Racism in the Irish Experience, Pluto Press, London,
- Giddens, A: 2013, Sociology, Seventh, Polity Press, London,
- Grusky, D. B: 2001, Social Stratification in Sociological Perspective: Class, Race and Gender, Second, Westview Press, Boulder,
- Lentin, R. and McVeigh, R: 2002, Racism and Antiracism in Ireland, Beyond the Pale Publications, Belfast,
- Lynch, K. and Lodge, A: 2002, Equality and Power in Schools: redistribution, recognition and representation,
- O’Sullivan, S: 2007, Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map, RoutledgeFalmer,
- Share, P., Corcoran, M.P., & Conway, B.: 2012, A Sociology of Ireland, Fourth, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin,
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