"The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost expert…
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The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts…
"Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugel…
Introduction -- Ideology, leadership and capitalism -- The impact of industrialization -- The new global economy -- The profit problem -- Solving the profit riddle -- The social case against capitalism -- Liberating the gulag -- Conclusion
'Using the General Social Survey' is a practical resource for helping students connect sociological issues with real-world data in the context of their first undergraduate sociology courses. It introduces readers to the GSS, one of the most widely analyzed surveys in the U.S. an…
As a category of historical analysis, class is dead-or so it has been reported over the past two decades. The contributors to "Class Matters" contest this demise. Although differing in their approaches, they all agree that socioeconomic inequality remains indispensable to a true…
Wie werden Körper gefährlich? Dieser Frage liegt die These zugrunde, dass soziale Prozesse der In- und Exklusion, der Normalisierung und Marginalisierung von Menschen und Gruppen immer auch eine körperliche Dimension haben. Das Buch verknüpft erstmals die für die Soziologie seit…