There is widespread concern that the growth of the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor. This book examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations worldwide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies.…
Goes beyond popularized views of Martin Luther King, Jr., to explore his committed advocacy of the poor, the working class and unions as well as his views about nonviolent resistance to all forms of oppression, particularly economic inequality
For decades we have been told a story about the divide between rich countries and poor countries. We have been told that development is working: that the global South is catching up to the North, that poverty has been cut in half over the past thirty years, and will be eradicate…
The old saying does often seem to hold true: the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, creating a widening gap between those who have more and those who have less. The sociologist Robert K. Merton called this phenomenon the Matthew effect, named after a passage in the Book …
In this powerful new work, Thomas Piketty reminds us that rising inequality is not inevitable. Over the centuries, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world and shows how…
This work explores some central tenets of modern economics. In doing so, it subjects them to trenchant examination - including the case for free trade and the inevitability of ever more grotesque income inequalities. It argues that current policies are delivering neither sustain…
This work explores some central tenets of modern economics. In doing so, it subjects them to trenchant examination - including the case for free trade and the inevitability of ever more grotesque income inequalities. It argues that current policies are delivering neither sustain…
Interest in collective skill formation systems has been high for a long time, but recent structural economic and societal developments have led commentators to question their viability. In particular, the shift towards a knowledge economy creates a number of challenges for these…
Bent Soerensen, one of the world's leading experts in the field of renewable energy systems, explores the current hurdles to the universal adoption of renewable energy sources and proposes solutions to the current situation in this new inspiring work. He discusses the social, po…
Slavoj Zizek and Srecko Horvat combine their critical clout to emphasize the dangers of ignoring Europe's growing wealth gap and the parallel rise in right-wing nationalism, which is directly tied to the fallout from the ongoing financial crisis and its prescription of imposed a…
Social stratification is the grouping of people based on income, wealth, political influence, and other characteristics. Widely recognized categories such as upper, middle, and lower class reflect the presence of social stratification in all societies. Inequality refers to the i…
Over the past thirty years, the issue of economic inequality has emerged from the backwaters of economics to claim center stage in the political discourse of America and beyond a change prompted by a troubling fact: numerous measures of income inequality, especially in the Unite…
It's time to rewrite the rules?to curb the runaway flow of wealth to the top one percent, to restore security and opportunity for the middle class, and to foster stronger growth rooted in broadly shared prosperity. Inequality is a choice. The United States bills itself as the la…
There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the so…
