TY - GEN digital ID - 131687404 TI - Reducing Inequalities : A Challenge for the European Union? AU - Carmo, Renato Miguel AU - Rio, Cédric AU - Medgyesi, Márton PY - 2018 SN - 9783319650067 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Social stratification KW - Political sociology KW - Sociology of social care KW - Sociology KW - Social policy KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - Politics KW - Economic policy and planning (general) KW - Economics KW - sociologie KW - economie KW - politiek KW - armoede KW - sociale ongelijkheid KW - welzijnsbeleid KW - sociaal beleid KW - Europese instellingen KW - Europese politiek KW - European Union KW - Europe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131687404 AB - This edited collection analyses social inequality in the European Union, within and between countries. The work critically explores both vertical inequality, existing between those with high incomes and low incomes, and horizontal inequality, existing between groups according to nationality, age, ethnicity, and gender. Reducing Inequalities has been written by leading academics in the field who describe the current social situation in the European Union, focussing on inequality from a multidimensional perspective that includes income, poverty, social exclusion, education. The authors argue that social issues such as these have become national prerogatives for countries within the European Union. In response they ask: How does the European Union engage with inequality today? What principles of social solidarity ought to be applied between states and citizens of the European Union? What should be the role of European Union and its institutions regarding the challenge of reducing inequality? This book will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand inequality as a multidimensional concept, rather than solely as an economic phenomenon, across different geographical and historical contexts. ER -