| Inequalities of the World: New Theoretical Frameworks, Multiple Empirical Approaches Contributor(s): Therborn, Goran (Editor), Chauvel, Louis (Contribution by), Hout, Michael (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 184467519X ISBN-13: 9781844675197 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: A groundbreaking exploration of contemporary global inequality by leading scholars from across the world. Over the last century, global inequality has developed and continues to develop in unexpected and disturbing patterns. In this important new book, Therborn and his colleagues connect current world inequality to different national constellations of class and power and transnational processes. Ranging from the US and post-Communist Russia to France and China, and spanning social mobility, labor markets, working-class cultures and global science, this volume is a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary world politics and development. Contributors include Louis Chauvel, Michael Hout, Arne Kalleberg, Markku Kivinen, Michele Lamont, Huang Ping, Elisa Preis, Denny Vagero and Peter Weingart. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.309 |
| LCCN: 2006283159 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.31" W x 8.06" (1.03 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the last century, global inequality has developed and continues to develop in unexpected and disturbing patterns. In this important new book, Therborn and his colleagues connect current world inequality to different national constellations of class and power and transnational processes. Ranging from the US and post-Communist Russia to France and China, and spanning social mobility, labor markets, working-class cultures and global science, this volume is a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary world politics and development. |
