Geoff Payne is Research Associate in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University. A former President of the British Sociological Association, he has written and worked on social mobility, social inequalities, and social research methodology.Eric Harrison is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at City, University of London, and Deputy Director of the European Social Survey. He has research interests in social stratification, social inequality, wellbeing and survey methodology.

"Written by a highly distinguished set of sociologists, this is a standout text with its extensive coverage of so many dimensions of social divisions in one volume." Lavinia Mitton, University of Kent

• Acknowledgements IntroductionPart 1 ~ The Persistence of Social DivisionsDefining and Explaining 'Social Divisions' ~ Geoff PayneClass and Stratification ~ Eric Harrison and John ScottGender ~ Pamela AbbottRace ~ John SolomosPart 2 ~ Social Structures and InequalitiesEducation ~ Diane Reay Work ~ Tim StranglemanPoverty ~ Lucinda PlattElites ~ Daniel SmithGlobal Social Divisions ~ Robert Holton Part 3 ~ Social Divisions and the BodySexuality ~ Sue Scott and Stevi JacksonAge ~ Stephen Hunt and Liz FrostDisability ~ Ruth Garbutt and David SaltielHealth ~ Clare Bambra and Geoff Payne Part 4 ~ Inclusion, Exclusion and InequalitySocial Identites ~ Steph LawlerNational Identity ~ David McCroneReligion ~ Michael RosieCommunity ~ Graham Crow and Catherine MacleanSocial Divisions as a Sociological Perspective ~ Geoff Payne

Geoff Payne is Research Associate in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University. A former President of the British Sociological Association, he has written and worked on social mobility, social inequalities, and social research methodology.Eric Harrison is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at City, University of London, and Deputy Director of the European Social Survey. He has research interests in social stratification, social inequality, wellbeing and survey methodology.

"Written by a highly distinguished set of sociologists, this is a standout text with its extensive coverage of so many dimensions of social divisions in one volume." Lavinia Mitton, University of Kent

• Acknowledgements IntroductionPart 1 ~ The Persistence of Social DivisionsDefining and Explaining 'Social Divisions' ~ Geoff PayneClass and Stratification ~ Eric Harrison and John ScottGender ~ Pamela AbbottRace ~ John SolomosPart 2 ~ Social Structures and InequalitiesEducation ~ Diane Reay Work ~ Tim StranglemanPoverty ~ Lucinda PlattElites ~ Daniel SmithGlobal Social Divisions ~ Robert Holton Part 3 ~ Social Divisions and the BodySexuality ~ Sue Scott and Stevi JacksonAge ~ Stephen Hunt and Liz FrostDisability ~ Ruth Garbutt and David SaltielHealth ~ Clare Bambra and Geoff Payne Part 4 ~ Inclusion, Exclusion and InequalitySocial Identites ~ Steph LawlerNational Identity ~ David McCroneReligion ~ Michael RosieCommunity ~ Graham Crow and Catherine MacleanSocial Divisions as a Sociological Perspective ~ Geoff Payne