IS INEQUALITY AN INEVITABLE FEATURE OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY?

Contemporary western societies do claim to be meritocratic and to offer equal opportunities for all, but is this really the case?  For the purpose of this assignment, it is my intention to examine social class, gender, wealth and education and try to determine whether inequalities do, indeed, exist in these areas.

Studies of social mobility are designed to show the likelihood of the son or daughter of a working-class father, such as a dustman, entering a middle-class occupation (e.g. solicitor)….(short extract)