Comprehensive analysis of economic inequality in developed countries. The contributors give their view on the state-of-the-art scientific research in their fields and add their own visions of future research.

"The first of the UN Millennium Goals was to reduce extreme poverty and it was in 2014 halved compared to 1990, and now the goal is to eradicate poverty and hunger by 2030. The reduction in poverty is to a high degree the consequence of the rapid economic development in a few countries,...

"Featuring a stellar international cast-list of leading and cutting-edge scholars, The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of the Environment presents the state of the art of the discipline that considers ecological issues and crises from a political economy perspective. This collective...

Die Wahrnehmung wachsender sozialer Unsicherheiten und Spaltungen lässt, nicht zuletzt aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie, Fragen von sozialer Ungleichheit und Armut wieder verstärkt in den Blick rücken. Das interdisziplinäre Handbuch geht auf diese neuen und alten Herausforderungen ein und...