Books in the Studies in Social Inequality series

This book offers an up-to-the-moment assessment of the condition of the American family in an era of growing inequality.

This book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality.

Income inequality is an increasingly pressing issue in the United States and around the world. This book explores five critical issues to introduce some of the key moral and empirical questions about income, gender, and racial inequality.

Through a detailed analysis of macroeconomic changes and individuals' lifetime employment trajectories, this book explains why Japan and Taiwan have experienced different levels of improvement in women's economic status over the last half century.

In this age of globalization, many countries and U.S. states are worried about the tax flight of the rich. As income inequality grows and U.S. states consider raising taxes on their wealthiest residents, there is a palpable concern that these high rollers will board their private jets and fly away, taking their wealth with them. Many assume that the importance of location to a person's success is at an all-time low. Cristobal Young, however, makes the surprising argument that location is very important to the world's richest people. Frequently, he says, place has a great deal to do with how they make their millions. In The Myth of Millionaire Tax Flight, Young examines a trove of data on millionaires and billionaires-confidential tax returns, Forbes lists, and census records-and distills down surprising insights. While economic elites have the resources and capacity to flee high-tax places, their actual migration is surprisingly limited. For the rich, ongoing economic potential is tied to the place where they become successful-often where they are powerful insiders-and that success ultimately diminishes both the incentive and desire to migrate. This important book debunks a powerful idea that has driven fiscal policy for years, and in doing so it clears the way for a new era. Millionaire taxes, Young argues, could give states the funds to pay for infrastructure, education, and other social programs to attract a group of people who are much more mobile-the younger generation.

A comparative analysis of the political attitudes, values, and aspirations of citizens in European and North American societies.

A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades.

Broke explores the consequences of recent unprecedented growth in consumer debt and shows how excessive borrowing undermines the prosperity of middle class America.

Broke explores the consequences of recent unprecedented growth in consumer debt and shows how excessive borrowing undermines the prosperity of middle class America.

Are there classes in America? In The Classless Society Paul Kingston forcefully answers no. Challenging a long-standing intellectual tradition of class analysis recently revitalized by Erik Olin Wright and John Goldthorpe, and insisting on a realist conception of class, Kingston argues that presumed "classes" do not significantly share distinct, life-defining experiences.

This is a collection of essays from leading public intellectuals that identifies major conceptual problems in the analysis of poverty and inequality and advances strategies for reducing poverty and inequality that are consistent with these new conceptual and methodological approaches.

Looking to unify increasingly disparate areas of theory and research, John Goldthorpe presents a new mainstream, combining the demonstrated strengths of large-scale quantitative research and the explanatory power of social action theory.

Looking to unify increasingly disparate areas of theory and research, John Goldthorpe presents a new mainstream, combining the demonstrated strengths of large-scale quantitative research and the explanatory power of social action theory.

Presents an up-to-date look at the social processes and consequences of China's rapid economic growth.

This book provides a new perspective on the origins of the three most important New Deal policies-the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Social Security Act-while examining the strengths and weaknesses of historical institutionalism, Marxism, protest-disruption theory, and non-Marxian class-dominance theory.