TY - BOOK AU - Therborn,Göran TI - Inequalities of the world SN - 1844670155 U1 - 305 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - Verso KW - Equality KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Economic development KW - Social aspects N1 - 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 ER -