166-111 Inequalities in Australian Society

Formerly available as 166-003. Students who have completed 166-003 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Formerly available as 166-103. Students who have completed 166-103 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

An introduction to the study of inequalities, which invites students to think critically about the nature and significance of social divisions. With Australian society as its focus, the subject examines the major dimensions of inequality, notably class, gender, race or ethnicity, and sexuality. It studies the principal ways in which inequality is experienced in the workplace and in the labour market, in the family, in local communities, in the health care system, in the housing market, in the education system, in systems of welfare and in the criminal justice system.

Written work totalling 4000 words.

A subject reader will be available.

• M Sargent et al, The New Sociology for Australians. 4th edn, Longman, 1997.
• J Najman & J Western, A Sociology of Australian Society. 3rd edn, 2000.