Understanding Inequality Social Costs and Benefits [Paperback]

The contributions in this book highlight,contextualize and analyze different aspects of social inequality. What are thevarious cause and effects of inequality? How have these changed over recentdecades? Which social policies might be best able to intervene? Written byauthors from a variety of disciplines and geographical regions, thesecontributions provide a rich account of inequality within contemporary society.The role of the state, the media and the market in exacerbating and alleviatingpatterns of equality are all accessed alongside analysis of changing patternsof exclusion and hierarchy.   

Modernsociety and social inequality.- The sources of social inequality.- Theconsequences of inequality.- Capitalism and Inequality.- Culture and Inequality.- Governing and Inequality.- Media and Inequality.- Global and Local Inequality.  

AmandaMachin, PhD, is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Karl Mannheim Chair forCultural Studies at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen.

Nico Stehr, PhD, FRSC, is Karl Mannheim Professor forCultural Studies at ZeppelinUniversity Friedrichshafen.  

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. 

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