Editors:
- Presents contributions from internationally recognised specialists of socioeconomic inequalities and European process from distinct scientific disciplines and different European countries
- Critically discusses the public policies affecting vulnerable populations and regional discrepancies in the European Union
- Questions the legitimacy of the social role of the European Union
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Inequality and Poverty in European Union
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European Union against Inequality
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Back Matter
About this book
This edited collection analyses social inequality in the European Union, within and between countries. The work critically explores both vertical inequality, existing between those with high incomes and low incomes, and horizontal inequality, existing between groups according to nationality, age, ethnicity, and gender.
Reducing Inequalities has been written by leading academics in the field who describe the current social situation in the European Union, focussing on inequality from a multidimensional perspective that includes income, poverty, social exclusion, education. The authors argue that social issues such as these have become national prerogatives for countries within the European Union. In response they ask: How does the European Union engage with inequality today? What principles of social solidarity ought to be applied between states and citizens of the European Union? What should be the role of European Union and its institutions regarding the challengeof reducing inequality?
This book will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand inequality as a multidimensional concept, rather than solely as an economic phenomenon, across different geographical and historical contexts.
Reviews
“The book discusses the issue from different perspectives using various indicators such as income and economic inequalities, poverty and social exclusion, categorical inequalities and social class and educational inequalities. … It is an interesting read for all irrespective of ones’ educational background – and for those who want to know more about the challenges relating to inequality that Europe currently faces.” (Abhishek, European Journal of Social Security, Vol. 21(1), 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Lisbon, Portugal
Renato Miguel Carmo
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Centre Maurice Halbwachs, Paris, France
Cédric Rio
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TÁRKI, Social Research Institute and Institute for Sociology, CSS Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Márton Medgyesi
About the editors
Renato Miguel Carmo is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) and Assistant Professor at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal. He is Director of the Observatory of Inequalities and member of the European research network, Inequality Watch. Issues such as social and spatial inequalities, public policy, mobilities and social capital have been at the core of his research projects.
Cédric Rio is a philosopher specialised in social justice and inequality and he is currently a researcher at the Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CNRS/EHESS/ENS) in France. He is the coordinator of Inequality Watch, an independent European research network.
Márton Medgyesi is Senior Researcher at both the TARKI Social Research Institute, Hungary and at the Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He holds an MSc in Applied Economics from Sciences Po, France and a PhD in Sociology from Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reducing Inequalities
Book Subtitle: A Challenge for the European Union?
Editors: Renato Miguel Carmo, Cédric Rio, Márton Medgyesi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65006-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65005-0Published: 31 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87923-9Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65006-7Published: 17 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 259
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Structure, Social Inequality, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, European Union Politics, Public Policy, Comparative Social Policy