The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities is a first-rate collection of social science scholarship on inequalities, emphasizing race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, age, and nationality.

* Highlights themes that represent the scope and range of theoretical orientations, contemporary emphases, and emerging topics in the field of social inequalities.

* Gives special attention to debates in the field, developing trends and directions, and interdisciplinary influences in the study of social inequalities.

* Includes an editorial introduction and suggestions for further reading.