Inequality in a context of climate crisis after COVID : a complex realist approach / David Byrne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrne, D. S. (David S.), 1947- author.

Series:

Complexity in social science.

Complexity in social science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID uses a complex realist approach to examine the crisis of three interconnected problems: economic inequality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Widely acknowledged as the key driver of political discontent and social instability, economic inequality across high and middle-income countries is profoundly interconnected with climate change. Both of these issues are now set within the particularly acute context of COVID-19 and its aftermath. Confronting the crisis of these inherently interwoven issues is now the major problem for all political and governance systems. This book uses a complex realist frame of reference to understand the character of social-cultural-economic-political-ecological systems. It gives us a vocabulary and modes of thinking to confront these societal challenges and inform future action. Contributing to our thinking about dynamic social systems, this text deploys complex realism to understand our trajectory towards increasing inequality. It puts complexity to work in addressing fundamental social issues in a context of climate crisis after COVID-19. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences, in particular to those studying social inequality, climate change, heterodox economics, complex systems, and Master's students in prgrammes with an applied focus. It will be of use to policymakers and practitioners"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Series editors' preface

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

1 Inequality: An issue whose time has come

Why complexity?

Governance

The Capitalocene

Global elites are worried about inequality

Climate crisis and governing complexity: a preliminary take

And then came COVID-19

How this book is organized

A note on my method of working

Notes

Bibliography

2 Conceptualizing inequality

Gender and inequality

Ethnicity and inequality

Class and inequality

The middle class

Social exclusion versus inequality

3 Describing inequality

Counting inequality

Inequality in incomes and wealth

Inequalities in health and well-being

Interaction/intersectional: a complex realist take on individual and household data on inequality

Spatial inequalities: patterns and consequences

Qualitative approaches to inequality

Conclusion

4 Income, wealth, and inequality

Inequality through the life course - in the past and in the future

5 Inequality and capitalism(s) in the twenty-first century

Austerity, neo-liberal governance, and financialization/deindustrialization - the triple whammy for the high-income world

Inequality and the social world of China

Beyond China - Brazil - another high middle-income state

6 The role of the state in relation to inequality in a context of climate crisis - how this works out for incomes and wealth

Taxation and benefits

Reforming the tax structure to confront inequality and address climate crisis

The politics and practice of taxing incomes.

The politics and practice of taxing wealth

Taxing real property

Consumption taxes

Cash benefits

How states act on the labour share of the social product

The interwoven systems which determine who gets what

7 The role of the state in relation to inequality in a context of climate crisis - the 'social wage' and spatial planning

Inequality and the social wage

Equality of opportunity

Inequality in health

Inequality in education

Services are also jobs

Inequality and urban planning

8 The formal politics of inequality: What kind of governance systems do we need to confront inequality in a context of climate change and after COVID?

Complex government of complexity from all directions

The right mode of governance to do what needs doing

How to change governance towards coping with inequality in a context of climate crisis

9 The new politics of equality

Parties and/or agents of civil society?

So what is to be done?

And then came COVID-19!

Turn too the young

10 The futures that are possible for us

Programmes for making things more equal while addressing climate crisis

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-302897-7

1-003-02897-7

1-000-39852-8

1-000-39854-4

9781003028970

OCLC:

1247662552