Inequalities of the world / edited by Göran Therborn. - xviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Meaning, mechanisms, patterns, and forces: an introduction / Göran Therborn -- Do health inequalities persist in the new global order? A European perspective / Denny Vågerö -- How French and American workers define cultural membership / Michèle Lamont -- Economic change and social mobility / Michael Hout -- Nonstandard employment relations and labour market inequality: cross-national patterns / Arne L. Kalleberg -- Knowledge and inequality / Peter Weingart -- Inequality in Brazil: facts and perceptions / Elisa P. Reis -- Globalization and inequality in rural China / Hung Ping -- Classes in the making? The Russian social structure in transition / Markku Kivinen -- Are social classes really dead? A French paradox in class dynamics / Louis Chauvel.

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Equality.
Power (Social sciences)
Economic development--Social aspects

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