ISBN:
9781000398540
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (242 pages)
Series Statement:
Complexity in Social Science Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Equality
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Climatic changes-Economic aspects
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Climatic changes-Social aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Series editors' preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Inequality: An issue whose time has come -- Why complexity? -- Governance -- The Capitalocene -- Global elites are worried about inequality -- Climate crisis and governing complexity: a preliminary take -- And then came COVID-19 -- How this book is organized -- A note on my method of working -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Conceptualizing inequality -- Gender and inequality -- Ethnicity and inequality -- Class and inequality -- The middle class -- Social exclusion versus inequality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Describing inequality -- Counting inequality -- Inequality in incomes and wealth -- Inequalities in health and well-being -- Interaction/intersectional: a complex realist take on individual and household data on inequality -- Spatial inequalities: patterns and consequences -- Qualitative approaches to inequality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 Income, wealth, and inequality -- Inequality through the life course - in the past and in the future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 5 Inequality and capitalism(s) in the twenty-first century -- Austerity, neo-liberal governance, and financialization/deindustrialization - the triple whammy for the high-income world -- Inequality and the social world of China -- Beyond China - Brazil - another high middle-income state -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6 The role of the state in relation to inequality in a context of climate crisis - how this works out for incomes and wealth -- Taxation and benefits -- Reforming the tax structure to confront inequality and address climate crisis -- The politics and practice of taxing incomes.
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