Full Description
Inequality is one of today's greatest challenges, obstructing poverty reduction and sustainable development. As the power of elites grows and societal gaps widen, institutions representing the public good and universal values are increasingly disempowered or co-opted, and visions of social justice and equity side-lined.
This book explores the roles of elites and institutions of power in the deepening of social and economic cleavages across the globe, by asking how inequalities have reshaped structures from the local to the transnational level, and what consequences they have wrought. In addition, the contributors present examples of peaceful processes of policy change that have made societies greener and more socially just, levelled out social stratification, and devolved power and resources from elites to non-elites, or towards marginalized or discriminated groups. Based on cutting-edge empirical research, the chapters in this volume bring together conceptual thinking and a number of case studies from the Global North and South, combining different levels of analysis and a range of qualitative research methods to present solutions for closing the inequality gap.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Notes on Contributors
Part I: INEQUALITIES IN CONTEXT
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: BETWEEN FAULT LINES AND FRONT LINES: SHIFTING POWER IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD (Katja Hujo and Maggie Carter)
Chapter 2: GLOBAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES: TRENDS AND DRIVERS (Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Vladimir Popov)
Part II: ENGINES OF INEQUALITY: INSTITUTIONS, POLITICS AND POWER
Chapter 3: SOCIO-SPATIAL INEQUALITIES AND INTERGENERATIONAL DEPENDENCIES (Julie MacLeavy and David Manley)
Chapter 4: KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY: INEQUALITY IN ACCESS TO CAPITAL ON WALL STREET (Megan Tobias Neely)
Chapter 5: REWIRING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND THE GIG ECONOMY IN NIGERIA (Kate Meagher)
Chapter 6: UNDERSTANDING RISKS OF REPRODUCING INEQUALITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSION POLICIES: BRAZIL, MEXICO AND PERU (Roberto Pires)
Chapter 7: CITY-TO-CITY COOPERATION AND THE PROMISE OF A DEMOCRATIC "RIGHT TO THE CITY": EXPERIENCES FROM BRAZIL AND MOZAMBIQUE (Fritz Nganje)
Part III: ELITE IDEOLOGY AND PERCEPTIONS OF INEQUALITY:IMPLICATIONS FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND SOCIAL COHESION
Chapter 8: ELITES, IDEAS AND THE POLITICS OF INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT (Tom Lavers)
Chapter 9: WHO ARE THE ELITE, WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT INEQUALITY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?: LESSONS FROM BRAZIL AND SOUTH AFRICA (Graziella Moraes Silva, Matias López, Elisa Reis and Chana Teeger)
Chapter 10: ELITE IDEOLOGY, PUBLIC OPINION AND THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (Jeremy Seekings)
Part IV: A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT: ALLIANCES FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE
Chapter 11: OTHERING AND SOLIDARITY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AGRARIAN CALIFORNIA: LESSONS FROM CROSS-SECTOR ALLIANCES FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL CHANGE (Antonio Roman-Alcalá)
Chapter 12: BUILDING NETWORKS, BRIDGING DIVIDES? ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF PAID DOMESTIC WORKERS IN URUGUAY AND PARAGUAY (Raquel Rojas Scheffer)
Chapter 13: INFORMAL WORKERS CO-PRODUCING SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: POLITICAL STRATEGY TOWARD A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT? (Laura Alfers)
EPILOGUE: ONENESS VERSUS THE 1 PERCENT: ECONOMIC POLARIZATION AND THE THREAT TO FREEDOM (Vandana Shiva)
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