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The spatial patterning of exposure to inequality and its social consequences in South Africa: work in progress

This article by David McLennan features in the World Social Science Report 2016. The author explores associations between exposure to inequality, social attitudes and violent crime in South Africa.

Inequalities and social progress in the future

This article by Marc Fleurbaey and Stephan Klasen features in the World Social Science Report 2016. This contribution analyses the future evolutions of inequality and social progress. 

Taxation and inequality: lessons from Latin America

This contribution by Juan Carlos Gómez Sabaíni, Bruno Martorano and Dalmiro Morán features in the World Social Science Report 2016. Latin American policy-makers and society have become increasingly aware of the problems caused by inequality. 

Financial liberalization and global inequality

This postcard by Stephany Griffith-Jones and E. A. Brett features in the World Social Report 2016. The authors argue that the increasing liberalization, deregulation and globalization of the financial system are a major cause for inequality, both nationally and internationally, and that a radical restructuring and regulation of the system are necessary to reverse this trend.

Global inequality and the middle classes

This article by Branko Milanovic features in the World Social Science Report 2016. The article presents insights and draws out results concerning the nature of inequality, the political consequences and their implications. based  on trends of global income distribution between 1988 and 2008

The invisible hands of racial inequality in the USA

This article by Fredrick C. Harris features in the World Social Science Report 2016. This contribution explores how institutional practices perpetuate racial inequality in the United States of America.

Malaise in the Western middle classes

This article by Louis Chauvel and Anne Hartung features in the World Social Science Report 2016. This contribution presents the evolution of the income distribution in selected Western countries, and discusses the possible impact of the threat created by downward mobility and the erosion of the middle class in today’s society.

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