Globalization and transformations of social inequality / edited by Ulrike Schuerkens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schuerkens, Ulrike.

Series:

Routledge advances in sociology ; 53.

Routledge advances in sociology ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--Case studies.

Globalization.

Equality--Case studies.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Social inequality is a worldwide phenomenon. Globalization has exacerbated and alleviated inequality over the past twenty-five years. This volume offers analytical and comparative insights from current case studies of social inequality in more than ten countries within all the major regions of the world. Contributors provide an assessment of the overall social globalization phenomenon in the global world as well as an outlook of transformations of global social inequality in the future. This book will be a timely addition for students and scholars of globalization studies, social inequality

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; Part I Theoretical and Empirical Introduction: Globalization and Transformations of Social Inequality; 1 Introduction: Theoretical and Empirical Introduction: Globalization and Transformations of Social Inequality; Part II Changing Dimensions of Social Inequality in a Global World; 1 Mobilities as Dimensions of Social Inequalities; 2 Impact of Remittances on Income Inequalities in Romania; 3 Creating Best Performing Nations in Education: The Case of the European Union's Use of Benchmarking

4 Gender, Inequality, and GlobalizationPart III Redistributive Mechanisms and Social Policies Tackling Social Inequality; 5 Nicaragua: Constructing the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA); 6 The Transformation of the Social Issue: Poverty, Society, and the State; 7 Limits to the Revitalization of Labor: Social Movement Unionism in Argentina; Part IV Regional Case Studies on Globalization and Social Inequality; 8 Communities: A Lever for Mitigating Social Tensions in Urban China

9 Rising Income Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe: The Influence of Economic Globalization and Other Social Forces10 Indian Society and Globalization: Inequality and Change; 11 Economic Globalization and the Empowerment of Local Entrepreneurs in Nigeria; 12 Poverty in Senegal: Theoretical Approaches and the Manifestation of Poverty in People's Living Conditions; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-95406-6

1-136-95407-4

1-282-62914-X

9786612629143

0-203-84925-6

9780203849255

OCLC:

649061461