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In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Exploring globalization's role in the evolution of inequality, Bourguignon takes an original and truly international approach to the decrease in inequality between nations, the increase in inequality within nations, and the policies that might moderate inequality's negative effects.

Equality --- Social stratification --- Social justice --- Globalization --- Economic history --- Economic aspects --- Globalization - Economic aspects --- Economic history - 21st century --- Equality - Economic aspects

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"Despite the rediscovery of the inequality topic by economists as well as other social scientists in recent times, relatively little is known about how economic inequality is mediated to the wider public of ordinary citizens and workers. That is precisely where this book steps in: It draws on a cross-national empirical study to examine how mainstream news media discuss, respond to, and engage with such important and politically sensitive issues and trends. Clearly, economic inequalities have become increasingly prominent issues in recent public debates, not least in the context of the latest Great Recession that followed from the financial crash in 2007, and attendant austerity regimes in many countries. This holds true for the debate in the wider public sphere as well as in many fields of academic study, not least in the two specific disciplinary areas most related to this book: political economy and media and journalism studies. Yet, in precisely those two academic fields we find important and parallel 'blindspots' which underline the distinctive focus and contribution of the present book: On the one hand, key issues related to economic inequalities (much like economic processes in general), have been much neglected in the academic fields specialising in news media and journalism studies. On the other hand, the major schools of theory and analysis in mainstream economics have paid relatively little explicit attention to the evolving scope, role or implications of mediated communication. This blindspot applies to both the conduct and performance of economic processes in general, as well as to engagement with the highly sensitive sub-arena of economic inequalities which is of particular interest in this book. In essence, this book is informed by the findings of a distinctive multi-country empirical research project undertaken by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers with economic, media and linguistic expertise. It explores how Piketty's book has been received and represented by news media based across four countries (Austria, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom) in the thirteen months following its publication. The primary aim of this book is to present the findings of a transdisciplinary and cross-national empirical study of news media coverage of economic inequality themes in four European countries. It focuses on the period following the launch of Thomas Piketty's (2014) high-profile and best-selling book 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' (C21). This study is informed by a distinctive theoretical perspective drawing from institutional and political economy, media and journalism studies fields as well as critical discourse analysis. It is mindful of longer-term trends of rising economic inequality as well as the rather extraordinary series of electoral processes and redistribution policy outcomes across many electoral systems over recent decades. In sum, this book offers novel insights on key features of much-neglected links between how news media select, frame and discuss issues related to economic inequality and how such story-telling links to the specific aspects of the economic and public policy factors shaping the onward march of economic inequality in the long-run"--

Equality --- Mass media --- Economic aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Mass communications --- Pragmatics --- Equality - Economic aspects. --- Mass media - Economic aspects. --- Mass media - Political aspects.

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Inequality is the defining issue of our time. But it is not just a problem for the rich world. It is the global 1% that now owns fully half the world’s wealth—the true measure of our age of inequality. In this historical tour de force, Simon Reid-Henry rewrites the usual story of globalization and development as a story of the management of inequality. Reaching back to the eighteenth century and around the globe, The Political Origins of Inequality foregrounds the political turning points and decisions behind the making of today’s uneven societies. As it weaves together insights from the Victorian city to the Cold War, from US economic policy to Europe’s present migration crisis, a true picture emerges of the structure of inequality itself. The problem of inequality, Reid-Henry argues, is a problem that manifests between places as well as over time. This is one reason why it cannot be resolved by the usual arguments of left versus right, bound as they are to the national scale alone. Most of all, however, it is why the level of inequality that confronts us today is indicative of a more general crisis in political thought. Modern political discourse has no place for public reason or the common good. Equality is yesterday’s dream. Yet the fact that we now accept such a world—a world that values security over freedom, special treatment over universal opportunity, and efficiency over fairness—is ultimately because we have stopped even trying in recent decades to build the political architecture the world actually requires. Our politics has fallen out of step with the world, then, and at the every moment it is needed more than ever. Yet it is within our power to address this. Doing so involves identifying and then meeting our political responsibilities to others, not just offering them the selective charity of the rich. It means looking beyond issues of economics and outside our national borders. But above all it demands of us that we reinvent the language of equality for a modern, global world: and then institute this. The world is not falling apart. Different worlds, we all can see, are colliding together. It is our capacity to act in concert that is falling apart. It is this that needs restoring most of all.

Equality --- Economic geography --- Political geography --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects --- Economic geography. --- Political geography. --- 658.1 Gelijke kansen --- Economic aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Wealth --- Geography, Political --- Human geography --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Equality Economic aspects --- Equality - Economic aspects --- Distribution (Economic theory) - Social aspects

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Dans un contexte d'accroissement des inégalités et de chômage de masse, les politiques environnementales sont souvent perçues comme des contraintes supplémentaires, quand elles ne sont pas qualifiées de mesures anti-pauvres ou anti-ruralité. Pourtant, il existe un lien étroit entre les injustices sociales et environnementales. En effet, les données chiffrées sont sans appel : au Nord comme au Sud, les plus riches sont les principaux pollueurs, tandis que les plus modestes sont davantage exposés aux risques et plus vulnérables face aux dégâts occasionnés. C'est pourquoi la question de la justice sociale doit être mise au coeur des politiques de développement durable. Infrastructures, systèmes de mesure innovants, réformes fiscales... Les solutions et les exemples à suivre ne manquent pas. Seulement, leur mise en oeuvre ne se fait pas du jour au lendemain, ni sans résistances, que ce soit en Europe, aux Etats-Unis ou en Inde. Afin d'accompagner et d'accélérer la nécessaire métamorphose de l'Etat social, l'auteur propose plusieurs pistes concrètes et plaide pour une meilleure articulation des luttes locales et de la coordination internationale. [4e de couverture ]

Social justice --- Environmental justice --- Equality --- Economics --- Economic aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Justice sociale. --- Justice environnementale. --- Égalité --- Sociologie économique. --- Aspect économique. --- Social justice. --- Environmental justice. --- Economic aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Equality - Economic aspects --- Economics - Sociological aspects

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"Inequality is widening. In the twenty-first century, the gap between those who have more and those who have less is growing: 1 per cent of the world owns as much as the other 99 per cent. Should we be worried? Christopher Steed, author of the acclaimed A Question of Worth, argues that inequality does indeed matter: that economic fairness is one of the defining issues of our time. In a world conditioned by social media, enabling intensified social comparison, the anxieties and effects of contemporary inequality are a cause for huge concern. Despite a wealth of research around inequality most studies have concentrated on its quantitative aspects. In A Question of Inequality, Christopher Steed is concerned with exploring why inequality matters, what it means for those who find themselves victims of it, and what can be done about it. He probes what it means to experience inequality, drawing out case studies on the effects of poverty. In proposing a theory of social relativity the author provides new insights into the effects and meaning of inequality and makes an original and important contribution to a key issue facing the world today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Equality --- Income distribution. --- Economic aspects. --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Revenu --- Répartition. --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Equality Economic aspects --- Economic aspects --- Répartition.