Introduction : social justice, legitimacy and the welfare state / Steffen Mau and Benjamin Veghte -- Welfare-attitude formation from a cross-national perspective -- Social stratification and political articulation : why attitudinal class differences vary across countries / Staffan Kumlin and...

Soziale Ungleichheit fordert moderne Gesellschaften permanent heraus. Der Sozialstaat kann Ungleichheiten abbauen, aber auch verstetigen und sogar selbst erzeugen. Der vorliegende Band untersucht am Beispiel Deutschlands und Großbritanniens, wie diese Herausforderung in zwei unterschiedlich...

At a time when the divide between the wealthy and the disadvantaged is widening, this major new textbook provides students with a critical understanding of poverty and social exclusion in relation to wealth, rather than as separate from it. Raising fundamental questions about the organisation of...