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Changing inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries : thirty countries' experiences /
"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 social sciences....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Herman van de Werfhorst
- 2. Revisiting Grand Narratives of Growing Inequalities: Lessons from 30 Country Studies / Istvan Gyorgy Toth
- 3. Australia: Inequality and Prosperity and their Impacts in a Radical Welfare State / Peter Whiteford
- 4. Austria
- The Bastion of Calm? Stability and Change in Inequalities in Times of Welfare State Reforms and Employment Flexibilization / Nina-Sophie Fritsch
- 5. Between Economic Growth And Social Justice: Different Inequality Dynamics in the Baltic States / Kaia Philips
- 6. Belgium: When Growing Background Inequalities Meet Resilient Institutions / Ive Marx
- 7. Bulgaria: Rising Inequality in the Period of Transition and Restrictive Incomes Policy / Bogdan Bogdanov
- 8. Rising Inequality and its Impact in Canada: The Role of National Debt / Mitch McIvor
- 9. Sources and Impact of Rising Inequality in Denmark / Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
- Note continued: 10. Finland: Growing Inequality with Contested Consequences / Mikko Niemela
- 11. France: How Taxation can Increase Inequality / Thomas Piketty
- 12. Germany: Rising Inequality and the Transformation of Rhine Capitalism / Reinhard Pollak
- 13. Greece: The (Eventual) Social Hardship of Soft Budget Constraints / Dimitri Sotiropoulos
- 14. Hungary: A Country Caught in its Own Trap / Istvan Gyorgy Toth
- 15. Ireland: Inequality and its Impacts in Boom and Bust / Nessa Winston
- 16. Italy: How Labour Market Policies can Foster Earnings Inequality / Francesco Scervini
- 17. Rising Inequality in Japan: A Challenge Caused by Population Ageing and Drastic Changes in Employment / Fumio Ohtake
- 18. Korea: The Great U-Turn in Inequality and the Need for Social Security Provisions / Hyun Joo Kim
- 19. Luxembourg: Has Inequality Grown Enough to Matter? / Bogdan Voicu
- Note continued: 20. The Netherlands: Policy-enhanced Inequalities Tempered by Household Formation / Natascha Notten
- 21. The Rise of Inequalities in Poland and their Impacts: When Politicians Don't Care but Citizens Do / Barbara Jancewicz
- 22. Portugal: There and Back Again, an Inequality's Tale / Isabel Andrade
- 23. Romania: High Rising Inequality Over Two Decades of Post-communist Transformation / Marius Precupetu
- 24. Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Inequalities and Convergences after the Velvet Divorce / Zuzana Siebertova
- 25. Slovenia: An Equal Society Despite the Transition / Miroljub Ignjatovic
- 26. Spain: What Can We Learn from Past Decreasing Inequalities? / Monica Oviedo
- 27. Sweden: Increasing Income Inequalities and Changing Social Relations / Kenneth Nelson
- 28. Divided We Fall? The Wider Consequences of High and Unrelenting Inequality in the UK / Tiffany Tsang
- 29. The United States: High and Rapidly-rising Inequality / Timothy Smeeding