Social geography is primarily concerned with the ways in which social relations, identities and inequalities are created. How these social creations vary over space and the role of space in their construction is the principle distinction between sociology and social geography.

This book draws upon the politiical, the economic, and the cultural fields of geography, but the emphasis will remain upon the social issues affecting people's lives-class, race, gender, poverty, health and well-being-and the role of space in the creation of social inequalities, with special emphasis on the Indian context.

The book will help readers to better identify social inequalities from a geographical perspective, understand the role space places in constructing and explai ning these inequalities, and gain an appreciation for the breadth of social geography.