Introduction Placing Myself in the Social Divisions Class Division Disability and Mental Illness Race, Racism and Ethnic Diversity Gender and Sexuality State Sp

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Social divisions are systematic social inequalities which are frequently regarded as unjust, and are fateful in the lives of individuals.

As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life. Two internatio

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