Global Inequality - (Studies in Critical Social Sciences) by Christopher Wimmer & Tobias Rieder (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

An invaluable guide to understanding the relationship between globalization, transnationalization and the development of social inequality.

Global Inequality addresses challenges in the transition to a multi-centered world. The contributions by international experts from different continents and different disciplines bring together current research on global inequality and social classes, covering a wide variety of thematic and spatial foci. This also includes a comparison of analyses of inequality in a global context. By bringing together analyses of inequalities in income, wealth, education, political influence, labor conditions, and socio-ecological inequalities, among others, the volume provides deeper insights into the ways in which global social inequalities are changing yet being reproduced in many ways in the twenty-first century. It calls for a discussion on the global dimensions of unequal power relations.

About the Author

Christopher Wimmer is a sociologist and author. From 2023-2024, he worked as a research assistant at Humboldt-Universität (HU) zu Berlin. He has published several monographs and articles on social inequality, poverty research and marginalized groups, including "Exclusions and Marginalisation" (in: Global Handbook of Inequality, Springer, 2024) and Die Marginalisierten. (Über-)Leben zwischen Mangel und Notwendigkeit (Beltz, 2024).

Tobias Rieder is a sociologist with a focus on social inequality, classes, and milieus. Upon graduating from Humboldt Universität (HU) zu Berlin in Social Sciences, he worked as a Personal Advisor to the Senator for Culture and Europe in Berlin from 2016 to 2023.