Inequalities Of The Wld Pa

by Therborn,Goran

• ISBN13: 9781844675197
• ISBN10: 184467519X
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-17
• Publisher: VERSO

Summary

Over the last century, global inequality has developed and continues to develop in unexpected and disturbing patterns. In this important new book, Therborn and his colleagues connect current world inequality to different national constellations of class and power and transnational processes. Ranging from the US and post-Communist Russia to France and China, and spanning social mobility, labor markets, working-class cultures and global science, this volume is a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary world politics and development. Contributors include Louis Chauvel, Michael Hout, Arne Kalleberg, Markku Kivinen, Michele Lamont, Huang Ping, Elisa Preis, Denny Vagero and Peter Weingart.

Author Biography

Göran Therborn holds the Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, and is editor and author of Inequalities of the World, Asia and Europe in Globalization, Between Sex and Power and From Marxism to Post Marxism?

Arne L. Kalleberg is the Kenan Distinguished Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, at the University of North Carolina. His books include Fighting for Time: Shifting Boundaries of Work and Social Life, Organizations in America: Analyzing Their Structures and Human Resource Practices, and Work and Industry: Structures, Markets and Processes.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xi
Preface	xiii
Goran Therborn
Meaning, Mechanisms, Patterns, and Forces: An Introduction	1	(60)
Goran Therborn
Part I Varieties of Inequality
Do Health Inequalities Persist in the New Global Order? A European Perspective	61	(32)
Denny Vagero
How French and American Workers Define Cultural Membership	93	(26)
Michele Lamont
Economic Change and Social Mobility	119	(17)
Michael Hout
Nonstandard Employment Relations and Labour Market Inequality: Cross-national Patterns	136	(27)
Arne L. Kalleberg
Knowledge and Inequality	163	(30)
Peter Weingart
Part II Case Studies
Inequality in Brazil: Facts and Perceptions	193	(27)
Elisa P. Reis
Globalization and Inequality in Rural China	220	(27)
Huang Ping
Classes in the Making? The Russian Social Structure in Transition	247	(48)
Markku Kivinen
Are Social Classes Really Dead? A French Paradox in Class Dynamics	295	(24)
Louis Chauvel
List of Contributors	319	(4)
Index	323