TY - BOOK AU - Schuerkens,Ulrike TI - Globalization and transformations of social inequality T2 - Routledge advances in sociology SN - 0415874823 AV - HN18.3 .G556 2010 U1 - 305 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Routledge KW - Globalization KW - Social aspects KW - Case studies KW - Equality N1 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2009052035-b.html ER -