Habits of Inequality

by Lorne Tepperman and Nina Gheihman

British social reformer Robert Owen once declared that "man is the creature of circumstances." A century and a half later, his famous words still ring true. While many adopt a fatalist approach, believing that their lot in life is inevitable, in fact a number of highly complex social factors determine the outcome of our socioeconomic status and integration into society. It may seem unfair, but the conditions into which we are born largely determine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195447948
• ISBN13: 9780195447941
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"