Globalization and transformations of social inequality
By: edited by Ulrike Schuerkens.
Contributors: Schuerkens, Ulrike.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Routledge advances in sociology -- 53
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780415874823
Subjects: Globalization -- Social aspects -- Case studies; Equality -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical and empirical introduction : globalization and transformations of social inequality / Ulrike Schuerkens; title: Mobilities as dimensions of social inequalities / Katharina Manderscheid; title: Impact of remittances on income inequalities in Romania / Ana Maria Zamfir, Cristina Mocanu, Eva Militaru, and Speranta Pirciog; title: Creating best performing nations in education : the case of the European Union's use of benchmarking / Susana Melo; title: Gender, inequality, and globalization / Ilse Lenz; title: Nicaragua : constructing the Bolivarian alliance for the peoples of our America (ALBA) / Thomas Muhr; title: The transformation of the social issue : poverty, society, and the state / Anete Brito Leal Ivo and Ruthy Nadia Laniado; title: Limits to the revitalization of labor : social movement unionism in Argentina / Ayse Serdar; title: Communities : a lever for mitigating social tensions in urban China / Amandine Monteil; title: Rising income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe : the influence of economic globalization and other social forces / Nina Bandelj and Matthew Mahutga; title: Indian society and globalization : inequality and change / Gérard Djallal Heuzé; title: Economic globalization and the empowerment of local entrepreneurs in Nigeria / Adeyinka Oladayo Bankole; title: Poverty in Senegal : theoretical approaches and the manifestation of poverty in people's living conditions / François-Xavier de Perthuis de Laillevault and Ulrike Schuerkens.