Inequality

James Robinson on Why Nations Fail
Social Science Bites
December 3, 2018

James Robinson on Why Nations Fail

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Diane Reay on Education and Class
Impact
September 4, 2018

Diane Reay on Education and Class

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Paying for the Good Stuff
News
July 18, 2018

Paying for the Good Stuff

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Richard Wilkinson on How Inequality is Bad
Social Science Bites
July 3, 2018

Richard Wilkinson on How Inequality is Bad

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Louise Richardson: Educational Divide Fuels Corrosive Populism

Louise Richardson: Educational Divide Fuels Corrosive Populism

Speaking before a sell-out audience of policymakers, journalists and academics in Whitehall, Louise Richardson FAcSS, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford, said we must bridge the educational divide to prevent populism for threatening democracy

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Do Women Count in Economics?

Do Women Count in Economics?

By one estimate of U.S. universities, there are about 300,000 fewer women students in the field of economics than there should be if sexism were not so rampant.

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Reimagining the UK Sociology Curriculum: Internationalization, Decolonialization and Employability

Reimagining the UK Sociology Curriculum: Internationalization, Decolonialization and Employability

How well do sociology departments in the UK teach sociology that originated in the UK? Asking that surprisingly hard question may produce usable insights for academic Britain, argues our Robert Dingwall.

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Is Karl Marx Living at this Hour?

Is Karl Marx Living at this Hour?

David Canter reviews the evidence amassing to show the depredations of economic inequality.

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Overcoming the Politics and Economics of Social and Economic Fragmentation in the Name of Kids

Overcoming the Politics and Economics of Social and Economic Fragmentation in the Name of Kids

The Social Security Administration has shown its ability to cut monthly checks for elderly, survivors and disabled. So why not for kids via their parents?

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Activist-Scholar Award Goes to Economist Samuel Myers Jr.

Activist-Scholar Award Goes to Economist Samuel Myers Jr.

The Urban Affairs Association will present this year’s Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award to Samuel Myers Jr., an economist who has pioneered methods that prove the pervasiveness of inequality.

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Sociology’s (Selective) Diversity

Sociology’s (Selective) Diversity

Our Robert Dingwall reflects on Tinder’s in-house sociologist and on the just-announced New Year’s Honours list to question just how diverse are current understandings of diversity.

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How is the Media Hindering Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights?

How is the Media Hindering Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights?

The news media has the potential to play a critical role in improving gender equality and women’s human rights. However, the patriarchal […]

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