Social Inequality

Williams, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-4829 2024. Social Inequality. Dombroski, K., Goodwin, M., Qian, J., Williams, A. and Cloke, P., eds. Introducing Human Geographies, Routledge, pp. 737-751. (10.4324/9780429265853-64)

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Abstract

Social inequality is one of the twenty-first century's most pressing social and geographical issues and has profound implications for individuals and societies. This chapter considers how geographers have theorised social inequality and related issues of social justice. It presents a series of case studies that contextualise racial inequalities and segregation in the USA, and the histories of welfare racism in the UK. The chapter contrasts the growing power of elites and the super-rich in changing urban and rural places, with the stark social-economic inequalities that impact people's everyday lives in austerity.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9780367211769
Last Modified:	21 Jan 2026 15:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163759

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