ISBN:
9781137339584
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (213 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5
Keywords:
Income distribution
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A broad, multi-disciplinary and up-to-date analysis of the current state of global inequality that draws on major theories and contemporary evidence in order to explain the need for concern about global inequality, to consider the historical trends and causes of global inequality and to question the efficacy of social policy.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theories of Social Inequality -- 3 A Short Historical Sociology of Global Inequality -- 4 Global Inequalities of Income and Wealth -- 5 Global Social Inequality -- 6 Does Globalization Cause Global Inequality? -- 7 What Is to Be Done? Policy Responses to Global Inequality -- Bibliography -- Index.
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