The return of inequality : social change and the weight of the past

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: What Is the Challenge of Inequality? -- Part 1: Inequality in Time and Space -- 1. Turning the Telescope: The Economic Analysis of Income Distribution -- 2. Society as a Sports Field: The Challenge of Bourdieu -- 3. Renewing Marx: Capital Accumulation and the Weight of History -- Part 2: Inequality, Empire, and the Decline of Nations -- 4. The Ranking of Nations -- 5. The Return of Empire: Inequality on a Global Scale -- 6. Insiders and Outsiders: Race, Gender, and Class in Long-Term Perspective -- 7. Visceral Inequality in the Twenty-First Century -- 8. Cities, Elites, and Accumulation -- 9. The Force of Information and Technology -- Part 3: The Politics of Inequality in the Twenty-First Century -- 10. Reinstating the Time of Politics -- 11. What Is to Be Done? -- Glossary -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.