This essay brings together intersectionality and institutional approaches to health
inequalities, suggesting an integrative analytical framework that accounts for the complexity …

This article reviews the current status of theory and research concerning the social
determinants of health. It provides an overview of current conceptualizations and evidence …

This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy,
employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It …

Offering a fresh and exciting new perspective on differentiation and inequality, this
absorbing book investigates how our most personal choices (of sexual partners, friends …

The concept of social structure is one of the main building blocks of the social sciences, but it
lacks any precise technical definition within general sociological theory. This paper reviews …

This book has been written for readers with a range of different interests. Students
undertaking school or university courses in geography will probably come to this book with …

This article argues that the emergence and growth of internet use in Britain has important
implications for the analysis of social policy. It attempts to outline a research agenda for …

This article examines the intersection between gender and marital status, focusing on
inequalities associated with three sets of resources: An older person's material resources …

In this innovative book, theorists and researchers from various social science disciplines
explore the potential of realist social theory for empirical research. The examples are drawn …

Numerous studies examine inequalities in health by gender, age, class and race, but few
address the actions of primary care doctors. This factorial experiment examined how four …