Contents: Preface / 1 Introduction to the Handbook - a review of 23 diversity and inclusion indices / Eddy S. Ng, Christina L. Stamper, Alain Klarsfeld and Yu (Jade) Han -- 2. Counting for something: Valuing the human development Index / Erica French and Jannine Williams -- 3. The society for...

Comprehensive analysis of economic inequality in developed countries. The contributors give their view on the state-of-the-art scientific research in their fields and add their own visions of future research.

Die Wahrnehmung wachsender sozialer Unsicherheiten und Spaltungen lässt, nicht zuletzt aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie, Fragen von sozialer Ungleichheit und Armut wieder verstärkt in den Blick rücken. Das interdisziplinäre Handbuch geht auf diese neuen und alten Herausforderungen ein und...

Ever since Jim O'Neill at Goldman Sachs coined the term BRICS in 2001 there have been many different assessments of these major emerging economies, with some even proclaiming that the promise of the BRICS (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is over. However, the so called...