Understanding Inequality: Social Costs and Benefits / edited by Amanda Machin, Nico Stehr.
Machin, Amanda, editor.; Stehr, Nico, editor.
2016
HM821-821.17
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Title Understanding Inequality: Social Costs and Benefits / edited by Amanda Machin, Nico Stehr.
ISBN 9783658116637
3658116633
9783658116620 (paperback)
3658116625 (paperback)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-11663-7
Published Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint : Springer VS, 2016.
Language English
Language Note Text in English and German.
Description 1 online resource (VII, 427 pages 31 illustrations, 3 illustrations in color.) : online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-658-11663-7 doi
Call Number HM821-821.17
Dewey Decimal Classification 305
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author Machin, Amanda, editor.
Stehr, Nico, editor.
Series Zu / schriften der Zeppelin Universität. zwischen Wirtschaft, Kultur und Politik.
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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.

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