Globalization and transformations of social inequality /
Globalisation and transformations of social inequality
edited by Ulrike Schuerkens.
- xvi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 53 .
- Routledge advances in sociology ; 53. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : theoretical and empirical introduction : globalization and transformations of social inequality / Ulrike Schuerkens -- Mobilities as dimensions of social inequalities / Katharina Manderscheid -- Impact of remittances on income inequalities in Romania / Ana Maria Zamfir, Cristina Mocanu, Eva Militaru, and Speranta Pirciog -- Creating best performing nations in education : the case of the European Union's use of benchmarking / Susana Melo -- Gender, inequality, and globalization / Ilse Lenz -- Nicaragua : constructing the Bolivarian alliance for the peoples of our America (ALBA) / Thomas Muhr -- The transformation of the social issue : poverty, society, and the state / Anete Brito Leal Ivo and Ruthy Nadia Laniado -- Limits to the revitalization of labor : social movement unionism in Argentina / Ayse Serdar -- Communities : a lever for mitigating social tensions in urban China / Amandine Monteil -- Rising income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe : the influence of economic globalization and other social forces / Nina Bandelj and Matthew Mahutga -- Indian society and globalization : inequality and change / Gérard Djallal Heuzé -- Economic globalization and the empowerment of local entrepreneurs in Nigeria / Adeyinka Oladayo Bankole -- Poverty in Senegal : theoretical approaches and the manifestation of poverty in people's living conditions / François-Xavier de Perthuis de Laillevault and Ulrike Schuerkens.