Inequality is one of the major problems of the contemporary world. Significant geographical disparities exist within nations of the developed world, as well as between these countries and those referred to as the 'South' in the Bruntland Report. Issues of equity and deprivation must be addressed in view of sustainable development. However, before policymakers can remove the obstacles to a fairer world, it is essential to understand the nature of inequality, both in terms of its spatial and socio-demographic characteristics.

This second volume in the series contains population studies that examine the disparities evident across geographical space in the UK and between different individuals or groups. Topics include demographic and social change, deprivation, happiness, cultural consumption, ethnicity, gender, employment, health, religion, education and social values. These topics and the relationships between them are explored using secondary data from censuses, surveys or administrative records.

In volume 1 the findings of research on fertility, living arrangements, care and mobility are examined. Volume 3 will focus on ethnicity and integration.

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Spatial and Social Disparities.- Demographic and Deprivation Change in the UK.- England's Changing Social Geology.- Geographical Modelling of Happiness and Well-Being.- Geographic Analysis of Cultural Consumption.- Struggling onto the Ladder, Climbing the Rungs: Employment and Class Position of Minority Ethnic Groups in Britain.- Occupational Segregation and Concentration: An Analysis by Sex, Employment Status and Ethnic Group in England and Wales.- Effects of Employment on Cardiovascular Risk.- Employment and Health Trajectories.- The Circumstances and Attitudes of Different Muslim Groups in England and Europe.- Investigating Inequalities in Educational Attainment.- The Making of Social Values: Education and Social Class.- Re-evaluating the Links Between Social Trust, Institutional Trust and Civic Association.- Sacralisation by Stealth? The Demography of De-secularisation.