Changing inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries : thirty countries' experiences /

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Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Description:1 online resource (xxxix, 743 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Other authors / contributors:Nolan, Brian, 1953- editor.
ISBN:9780191511103
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the social sciences. The central questions addressed by this book, and the major research project GINI on which it is based, are: - Have inequalities in income, wealth and education increased over the past 30 years or so across the rich countries, and if so why? - What are the social, cultural and political impacts of increasing inequalities in income, wealth and education? - What are the implications for policy and for the future development of welfare states? In seeking to answer these questions, this book adopts an interdisciplinary approach that draws on economics, sociology, and political science, and applies a common analytical framework to the experience of 30 advanced countries, namely all the EU member states except Cyprus and Malta, together with the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia and South Korea. It presents a description and analysis of the experience of each of these countries over the past three decades, together with an introduction, an overview of inequality trends, and a concluding chapter highlighting key findings and implications. These case-studies bring out the variety of country experiences and the importance of framing inequality trends in the institutional and policy context of each country if one is to adequately capture and understand the evolution of inequality and its impacts. Readership: Academics and graduate students in economics, sociology, politics, social policy, and public health. Policy-makers engaged with societal debates about inequality and its impacts."
Other form:Print version: Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries 9780199687428
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505 0 |a Note continued: 10. Finland: Growing Inequality with Contested Consequences / Mikko Niemela -- 11. France: How Taxation can Increase Inequality / Thomas Piketty -- 12. Germany: Rising Inequality and the Transformation of Rhine Capitalism / Reinhard Pollak -- 13. Greece: The (Eventual) Social Hardship of Soft Budget Constraints / Dimitri Sotiropoulos -- 14. Hungary: A Country Caught in its Own Trap / Istvan Gyorgy Toth -- 15. Ireland: Inequality and its Impacts in Boom and Bust / Nessa Winston -- 16. Italy: How Labour Market Policies can Foster Earnings Inequality / Francesco Scervini -- 17. Rising Inequality in Japan: A Challenge Caused by Population Ageing and Drastic Changes in Employment / Fumio Ohtake -- 18. Korea: The Great U-Turn in Inequality and the Need for Social Security Provisions / Hyun Joo Kim -- 19. Luxembourg: Has Inequality Grown Enough to Matter? / Bogdan Voicu 
505 0 |a Note continued: 20. The Netherlands: Policy-enhanced Inequalities Tempered by Household Formation / Natascha Notten -- 21. The Rise of Inequalities in Poland and their Impacts: When Politicians Don't Care but Citizens Do / Barbara Jancewicz -- 22. Portugal: There and Back Again, an Inequality's Tale / Isabel Andrade -- 23. Romania: High Rising Inequality Over Two Decades of Post-communist Transformation / Marius Precupetu -- 24. Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Inequalities and Convergences after the Velvet Divorce / Zuzana Siebertova -- 25. Slovenia: An Equal Society Despite the Transition / Miroljub Ignjatovic -- 26. Spain: What Can We Learn from Past Decreasing Inequalities? / Monica Oviedo -- 27. Sweden: Increasing Income Inequalities and Changing Social Relations / Kenneth Nelson -- 28. Divided We Fall? The Wider Consequences of High and Unrelenting Inequality in the UK / Tiffany Tsang -- 29. The United States: High and Rapidly-rising Inequality / Timothy Smeeding 
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