Synopses & Reviews
Fair Playand#160;brings together a selection of Danny Dorlingandrsquo;s highly influential writings examining inequality and social justice. Offering crucial insight into the popular feeling that the United Kingdom is in crisisandmdash;a feeling made manifest in last summerandrsquo;s riotsandmdash;Dorling provides a wealth of evidence that the country is becoming more politically, socially, and economically divided despite progress in areas such as education and reduced segregation. Dorlingandrsquo;s work covers a broad range of subjects and will be of interest to anyone concerned with where one of the worldandrsquo;s leading democracies is headed.
Synopsis
This accessible reader brings together a selection of highly influential writings by Danny Dorling which look at inequality and social justice, why they matter and what they are. Encompassing an extensive range of print and online media - including newspaper articles and key publications - 'Fair Play' provides evidence that Britain is becoming more politically, socially and economically divided whilst coming together in terms of educational outcomes and reduced segregation by ethnicity.
About the Author
Daniel Dorling is professor of human geography at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists, also published by the Policy Press.