Multidimensional Inequalities

Bent Greve

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Multidimensional Inequalities

International Perspectives Across Welfare States

Bent Greve

Volume 4 in the series De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110714302

Overview
Contents

About this book

Multidimensional Inequalities is a deep dive into the historical contexts and contemporary realities that negatively influence society and its structures. It is often overlooked that inequality is not just about income and wealth but rather a broad spectrum of intersecting factors. This book focuses on each aspect individually, analysing its effect on welfare systems, and informs about the instruments available to reduce inequality.

Answers a growing need for well-researched knowledge on inequality and on whether and how societies will be able to reduce it
Presents a comprehensive overview of inequality
Analyses and discusses inequalities from an interdisciplinary approach

Author information

Bent Greve is Professor in Social Science with an emphasis on welfare state analysis at the University of Roskilde, Denmark. His research interest focuses on the welfare state, and social and labour market policy, often from a comparative perspective. He has published extensively on social and labour market policy, social security, tax expenditures, public sector expenditures and financing of the welfare state.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Inhalt Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of the tables and figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
1 Why a book on inequality? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Theoretical understanding and measurement of equality and inequality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3 Equalities in opportunities: Sen’s perspective on justice, equality, and inequality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4 Economic inequality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
5 Gender inequality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
6 Inequality in health and health care Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
7 Inequality in educational attainment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
8 Inequalities in the labour market Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
9 Ethnic inequality? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
10 Democratic inequality and happiness inequality and their impact on social cohesion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
11 Does the welfare state contribute to changes in the degree of inequality? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
12 What can welfare states do to reduce inequality? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
13 Concluding reflections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Students and scholars of Social Policy, Sociology, Economics and Political Science; researchers and policy makers.
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 166
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Coloured Illustrations: 22
- Tables: 26
Keywords: Welfare State; Inequality; Social Policy; Economics of Inequality; Measuring Inequality

eBook

Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9783110714302

Hardcover

Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9783110714203