ISBN:
3662447657
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (3385 KB, 284 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding the Dynamics of Global Inequality : Social Exclusion, Power Shift, and Structural Changes
DDC:
300
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Despite the fact that the globalization process tends to reinforce existing inequality structures and generate new areas of inequality on multiple levels, systematic analyses on this very important field remain scarce. Hence, this book approaches the complex question of inequality not only from different regional perspectives, covering Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin and Northern America, but also from different disciplinary perspectives, namely cultural anthropology, economics, ethnology, geography, international relations, sociology, and political sciences.The contributions are subdivided into three essential fields of research: Part I analyzes the socio-economic dimension of global exclusion, highlighting in particular the impacts of internationalization and globalization processes on national social structures against the background of theoretical concepts of social inequality. Part II addresses the political dimension of global inequalities. Since the decline of the Soviet Union new regional powers like Brazil, China, India and South Africa have emerged, creating power shifts in international relations that are the primary focus of the second part. Lastly, Part III examines the structural and transnational dimension of inequality patterns, which can be concretized in the rise of globalized national elites and the emergence of multinational networks that transcend the geographical and imaginative borders of nation states. Alexander Lenger is a research fellow at the collaborative research centre 1015 »Otium/Leisure«, lecturer at the institute for sociology, and research affiliate at the Global Studies Programme at Freiburg University. Previously he was research fellow at the department for business ethics at the Goethe University Frankfurt and director of the Global Studies Programme at Freiburg University. His research interests include theories of social inequality, science studies, economic sociology, globalization processes, business ethics and social justice research. Florian Schumacheris Sociologist and Literary Scholar at Freiburg University and Director of the Global Studies Programme (Freiburg, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, New Delhi). His research focuses on social structure, globalisation, the comparison of national identities and the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Introducing Global Inequality; Dynamics of Global Exclusion; Global Power Shift; Global Structures, Networks and Inequality; Acknowledgements; References; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Introduction; The Global Configurations of Inequality: Stratification, Glocal Inequalities, and the Global Social Structure; 1 Introduction; 2 Three Theoretical Perspectives on Social Differentiation; 2.1 Classes, Power, and Conflict; 2.2 Individualization, Pluralism, and De-stratification; 2.3 Division of Labor and Functional Differentiation; 3 Global Differentiation; 3.1 Global Stratification
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3.2 Hybridization and the Global Diffusion of Lifestyles3.3 World Society Theory and the Emergence of a World System; 4 Globalization, Inequality, and Poverty; 4.1 The Structure of Global Inequality; 4.2 Growing Income Disparities: Glocal Inequalities on the Intranational Level; 4.3 Global Social Structure: Inequalities on the International Level; 4.3.1 Global Poverty; 4.3.2 Income Inequality in International Comparison; 4.3.3 Unequal Participation in Social Life; Conclusion: The Interconnectedness of Inequality Dimensions; References; Part II: Dynamics of Global Exclusion
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Globalization After the Great Contraction: The Emergence of Zones of Exclusion1 Introduction; 2 Globalization qua Neoliberalism; 3 Cracks in the Façade of Global Capitalism; 4 The `Great Contraction´ and Its Aftermath; 4.1 The Emergence of Zones of Exclusion; 4.2 The Exclusion of Flint, Michigan (U.S.) from the Global Economy; 5 Depression or De-growth?; Conclusion; References; Migration and Inequality: African Diasporas in Germany, South Africa and India; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Explanations of Migration; 3 Neoliberalism in Africa; 4 Migration and Adjustment
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5 ``Flight´´ as ``Reclamation´´´: Towards a Subaltern Solidarity or Reconstituted Inequality?6 Migration, Popular Pan-Africanism and Class Solidarity; Conclusion; References; Ongoing Demarcations: The Intersections of Inequalities in a Globalized World; 1 Introduction; 2 Intersectionality: Analyzing the Interrelatedness of Dimensions of Inequality; 3 Multiple Frames of Reference in a Globalized World; 4 An Intersectional Analysis of Empirical Data: Ascriptions and Self-positioning of Migrants from Latin America; 4.1 Experiencing Otherness
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4.1.1 Ethnicity/Race and Gender: Team Players to Create Otherness4.1.2 Skin Color: A Stable Transnational Currency; 4.1.3 Coping Strategies: (Re)production of Inequalities or Empowerment?; Conclusion; References; Unifying Equality or Majority Rule: Conflicting Democratic Conceptions among Thai Adolescents in the City and Suburbs; 1 Cultural Context and Theoretical Approach; 2 Research Methodology; 3 Thai Urban Adolescents and Conceptions of Majority Rule; 4 Suburban Adolescents´ Concepts of Unifying Equality; 5 Democratic Limits and Perceptions of Inequality; Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Globalization and Inequalities in South Asia
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