Reducing Inequalities A Challenge for the European Union? /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Carmo, Renato Miguel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rio, Cédric (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Medgyesi, Márton (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Social structure.; Social inequality.; Economic sociology.; Political sociology.; European Union.; Public policy.; Social policy.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Political Sociology.; European Union Politics.; Public Policy.; Comparative Social Policy.

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, et...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• Section 1: Inequality and Poverty in European Union
• 2. Disposable Income Inequality, Cohesion and Crisis in Europe
• 3. Drivers of Growing Income Inequalities in OECD and European Countries
• 4. Unemployment, Precariousness and Poverty as Drivers of Social Inequality: The Case of the Southern European Countries
• 5. Distributional and Categorical Inequalities in Europe: Structural Configurations
• 6. Income Poverty in the EU: What Do We Actually Measure? Empirical Evidence on Choices, Underlying Assumptions and Implications (Based on EU-SILC 2005-2014)
• 7. Poverty and Social Exclusion Indicators in the European Union: The Role of Non-Monetary Deprivation Indicators
• 8. Inequality of Outcomes and Opportunities Among the Young
• Section 2: European Union Against Inequality
• 9. The European Union Social Tools in Question
• 10. European Union Policy on Gender Equality: The Scope and Limits of Equality in the Single Market
• 11. European Union and Human Rights: Reducing Inequalities and Asymmetries in the Context of the Economic Crisis
• 12. Normative Arguments for a European Social Union
• 13. Hayek's Trap and the European Utopia We Need
• 14. Wealth, Taxation and Inequality
• 15. Conclusion: Back to the Future: Towards a European Social Agenda.