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Understanding Inequality: Social Costs and Benefits

  • Survey of cause and effects of social inequality
  • International and interdisciplinary contributions
  • Bilingual content in German and English
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Capitalism and Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-37
    2. What Have Eggs Got to Do with Inequality?

      • Scott G. McNall
      Pages 79-100
    3. Slouching Toward Inequality

      • Charles Lemert
      Pages 101-110
  4. Culture and Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-113
    2. You May Kiss the Groom: Americans’ Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage

      • Patricia A. Gwartney, Daniel S. Schwartz
      Pages 127-149
    3. Inklusion, revisited

      • Maren Lehmann
      Pages 151-169
  5. Governing and Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-223
    2. What Drives Elite-Challenging Behaviours?

      • Reza Nakhaie
      Pages 271-294
    3. Warum Mehr Armut in Deutschland?

      • Barbara Lange, Andreas Haupt, Gerd Nollmann, Hermann Strasser
      Pages 295-319

About this book

The contributions in this book highlight, contextualize and analyze different aspects of social inequality. What are the various cause and effects of inequality? How have these changed over recent decades? Which social policies might be best able to intervene? Written by authors from a variety of disciplines and geographical regions, these contributions provide a rich account of inequality within contemporary society. The role of the state, the media and the market in exacerbating and alleviating patterns of equality are all accessed alongside analysis of changing patterns of exclusion and hierarchy.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • Zeppelin Universität, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    Amanda Machin

  • Karl Mannheim Cultural Studies, Zeppelin Universität, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    Nico Stehr

About the editors

Amanda Machin, PhD, is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Karl Mannheim Chair for Cultural Studies at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen.

Nico Stehr, PhD, FRSC, is Karl Mannheim Professor for Cultural Studies at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen.  

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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