This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries,...

Verlagsinfo: Mit dem Weltbestseller "Das Kapital im 21.Jahrhundert" hat Thomas Piketty eines der wichtigsten Bücher unserer Zeit geschrieben. Jetzt legt er mit einem gewaltigen Werk nach: Kapital und Ideologie ist eine so noch niemals geschriebene Globalgeschichte der sozialen Ungleichheit und...

Using survey data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and national-level statistics from various official sources, we explore how attitudes toward economic inequality are shaped by economic conditions across 24 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Consistent with the...