Social inequality
What Social inequality means in Sociology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Structural social inequalities highlighted by the unequal distribution of poverty, wealth and income across social groups.
Stark inequalities across class, gender, and ethnicity revealed in the social distribution of mental illness.
Topics that use Social inequality
- Health (AQA A-Level)
- Work, Poverty and Welfare (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Cultural explanations
- Globalisation
- Globalisation and commodification
- Health inequalities
- Ideological perspectives on welfare
- Inequality and market-based solutions
- Intersectionality
- inverse care law
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