Understanding Inequality: Social Costs and Benefits: [electronic resource] /: edited by Amanda Machin, Nico Stehr.

Machin, Amanda,; Stehr, Nico,

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-11663-7

Understanding Inequality: Social Costs and Benefits [electronic resource] / 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 [electronic resource] / 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

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Text in English and German.

Description

1 online resource (VII, 427 pages 31 illustrations, 3 illustrations in color.) : online resource.

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10.1007/978-3-658-11663-7 doi

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HM821-821.17

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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.

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Machin, Amanda, editor.
Stehr, Nico, editor.

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Zu / schriften der Zeppelin Universität. zwischen Wirtschaft, Kultur und Politik.

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Print version: 9783658116620