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Inequality is one of today's greatest challenges, obstructing poverty reduction and sustainable development. As the power of elites grows and societal gaps widen, institutions representing the public good and universal values are increasingly disempowered or co-opted, and visions of social justice and equity side-lined.
This newly released volume (Bloomsbury, June 2022) explores the roles of elites and institutions of power in the deepening of social and economic cleavages across the globe, by asking how inequalities have reshaped structures from the local to the transnational level, and what consequences they have wrought. It explores examples of peaceful processes of policy change that have made societies greener and more socially just, levelled-out social stratification, and devolved power and resources from elites to non-elites, or towards marginalized or discriminated groups. Based on cutting-edge empirical research, the chapters in this volume bring together conceptual thinking and a number of case studies from the global North and South, combining different levels of analysis and a range of qualitative research methods to present solutions for closing the inequality gap.
During this virtual launch event, Ben Phillips, author of How to Fight Inequality (2020), leads an exciting discussion on the volume and the lessons it has to offer for reducing inequality, with presentations from volume editors Katja Hujo (Senior Research Coordinator, UNRISD) and Maggie Carter (Senior Research Analyst, UNRISD) and contributing authors Megan Tobias Neely (Assistant Professor, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School), Graziella Moraes Silva (Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre for Democracy, Geneva Graduate Institute) and Laura Alfers (Director, Social Protection Programme, WIEGO; Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Rhodes University).
Find out more about the book: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/book-release-between-fault-lines-and-front-lines-shifting-power-in-an-unequal-world-pre-order-now
Inequality is one of today's greatest challenges, obstructing poverty reduction and sustainable development. As the power of elites grows and societal gaps widen, institutions representing the public good and universal values are increasingly disempowered or co-opted, and visions of social justice and equity side-lined.
This newly released volume (Bloomsbury, June 2022) explores the roles of elites and institutions of power in the deepening of social and economic cleavages across the globe, by asking how inequalities have reshaped structures from the local to the transnational level, and what consequences they have wrought. It explores examples of peaceful processes of policy change that have made societies greener and more socially just, levelled-out social stratification, and devolved power and resources from elites to non-elites, or towards marginalized or discriminated groups. Based on cutting-edge empirical research, the chapters in this volume bring together conceptual thinking and a number of case studies from the global North and South, combining different levels of analysis and a range of qualitative research methods to present solutions for closing the inequality gap.
During this virtual launch event, Ben Phillips, author of How to Fight Inequality (2020), leads an exciting discussion on the volume and the lessons it has to offer for reducing inequality, with presentations from volume editors Katja Hujo (Senior Research Coordinator, UNRISD) and Maggie Carter (Senior Research Analyst, UNRISD) and contributing authors Megan Tobias Neely (Assistant Professor, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School), Graziella Moraes Silva (Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre for Democracy, Geneva Graduate Institute) and Laura Alfers (Director, Social Protection Programme, WIEGO; Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Rhodes University).
Find out more about the book: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/book-release-between-fault-lines-and-front-lines-shifting-power-in-an-unequal-world-pre-order-now
