Understanding Inequality: Social Costs and Benefits

The contributions in this book highlight, contextualize and analyze different aspects of social inequality. What are the various cause and effects of inequality? How have these changed over recent decades? Which social policies might be best able to intervene? Written by authors from a variety of di...

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Other Authors: Machin, Amanda (Editor), Stehr, Nico (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:zu / schriften der Zeppelin Universität. zwischen Wirtschaft, Kultur und Politik
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520 |a The contributions in this book highlight, contextualize and analyze different aspects of social inequality. What are the various cause and effects of inequality? How have these changed over recent decades? Which social policies might be best able to intervene? Written by authors from a variety of disciplines and geographical regions, these contributions provide a rich account of inequality within contemporary society. The role of the state, the media and the market in exacerbating and alleviating patterns of equality are all accessed alongside analysis of changing patterns of exclusion and hierarchy. Content Modern society and social inequality • The sources of social inequality • The consequences of inequality • Capitalism and Inequality • Culture and Inequality • Governing and Inequality • Media and Inequality • Global and Local Inequality Target Groups Cultural Theorists, Sociologists, Political Scientists and scholars of media studies and global ethics. All researchers, students, journalists and policy makers interested in social inequality today. The Editors Amanda Machin, PhD, is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Karl Mannheim Chair for Cultural Studies at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen. Nico Stehr, PhD, FRSC, is Karl Mannheim Professor for Cultural Studies at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen.