Changing inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries : thirty countries' experiences / edited by Brian Nolan [and six others].

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Edition:First edition.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Nolan, Brian, 1953- (Editor of compilation)
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245 0 0 |a Changing inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries :  |b thirty countries' experiences /  |c edited by Brian Nolan [and six others]. 
250 |a First edition. 
264 1 |a Oxford :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2014. 
264 4 |c ©2014 
300 |a xxxix, 743 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 26 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Herman van de Werfhorst -- 2.Revisiting Grand Narratives of Growing Inequalities: Lessons from 30 Country Studies / Istvan Gyorgy Toth -- 3.Australia: Inequality and Prosperity and their Impacts in a Radical Welfare State / Peter Whiteford -- 4.Austria---The Bastion of Calm? Stability and Change in Inequalities in Times of Welfare State Reforms and Employment Flexibilization / Nina-Sophie Fritsch -- 5.Between Economic Growth And Social Justice: Different Inequality Dynamics in the Baltic States / Kaia Philips -- 6.Belgium: When Growing Background Inequalities Meet Resilient Institutions / Ive Marx -- 7.Bulgaria: Rising Inequality in the Period of Transition and Restrictive Incomes Policy / Bogdan Bogdanov -- 8.Rising Inequality and its Impact in Canada: The Role of National Debt / Mitch McIvor -- 9.Sources and Impact of Rising Inequality in Denmark / Niels Westergaard-Nielsen -- 
505 0 |a Contents note continued: 10.Finland: Growing Inequality with Contested Consequences / Mikko Niemela -- 11.France: How Taxation can Increase Inequality / Thomas Piketty -- 12.Germany: Rising Inequality and the Transformation of Rhine Capitalism / Reinhard Pollak -- 13.Greece: The (Eventual) Social Hardship of Soft Budget Constraints / Dimitri Sotiropoulos -- 14.Hungary: A Country Caught in its Own Trap / Istvan Gyorgy Toth -- 15.Ireland: Inequality and its Impacts in Boom and Bust / Nessa Winston -- 16.Italy: How Labour Market Policies can Foster Earnings Inequality / Francesco Scervini -- 17.Rising Inequality in Japan: A Challenge Caused by Population Ageing and Drastic Changes in Employment / Fumio Ohtake -- 18.Korea: The Great U-Turn in Inequality and the Need for Social Security Provisions / Hyun Joo Kim -- 19.Luxembourg: Has Inequality Grown Enough to Matter? / Bogdan Voicu -- 
505 0 |a Contents note continued: 20.The Netherlands: Policy-enhanced Inequalities Tempered by Household Formation / Natascha Notten -- 21.The Rise of Inequalities in Poland and their Impacts: When Politicians Don't Care but Citizens Do / Barbara Jancewicz -- 22.Portugal: There and Back Again, an Inequality's Tale / Isabel Andrade -- 23.Romania: High Rising Inequality Over Two Decades of Post-communist Transformation / Marius Precupetu -- 24.Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Inequalities and Convergences after the Velvet Divorce / Zuzana Siebertova -- 25.Slovenia: An Equal Society Despite the Transition / Miroljub Ignjatovic -- 26.Spain: What Can We Learn from Past Decreasing Inequalities? / Monica Oviedo -- 27.Sweden: Increasing Income Inequalities and Changing Social Relations / Kenneth Nelson -- 28.Divided We Fall? The Wider Consequences of High and Unrelenting Inequality in the UK / Tiffany Tsang -- 29.The United States: High and Rapidly-rising Inequality / Timothy Smeeding -- 
505 0 |a Contents note continued: 30.Conclusions: Learning from Diversity about Increasing Inequality, its Impacts and Responses? / Herman van de Werfhorst. 
650 0 |a Income distribution  |z Developed countries  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Disposable income  |z Developed countries  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Economics  |x Sociological aspects. 
650 0 |a Distributive justice  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Income distribution  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Social stratification  |v Case studies. 
650 0 |a Wealth  |v Case studies. 
700 1 |a Nolan, Brian,  |d 1953-  |e editor of compilation. 
991 |a 2014-09-26 
992 |a Created by sico, 26/09/2014. Updated by sico, 26/09/2014. 
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