Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America [electronic resource] / edited by Pedro López-Roldán, Sandra Fachelli.

Chapter 1. Introduction (Pedro López-Roldán) -- Chapter 2. Welfare models from a comparative perspective (Antonio Martín-Artiles) -- Chapter 3. Policies on unemployment protection in the Mediterranean countries and the Southern Cone (Antonio Martín-Artiles) -- Chapter4. Comparing labour market inequalities from a segmentation perspective (Pedro López-Roldán) -- Chapter 5. Inequality of educational opportunities, training and employment (José Saturnino Martínez-García) -- Chapter 6. New technologies and socio-economic effects (Fausto Miguélez) -- Chapter 7. Social stratification's nomenclatures and measurements: comparative perspectives between Europe and Latin America (Emmanuelle Barozet) -- Chapter 8. Social mobility in a comparative perspective between Europe and Latin America (Sandra Fachelli) -- Chapter 9. Inequality in the distribution of family income and labour income. Structural and social determinants (Agustín Salvia) -- Chapter 10. Social times, reproduction and social inequality at work: contrasts and comparative perspectives between countries (Màrius Domínguez) -- Chapter 11. Gender, care and neoliberalism (Julie Jarty) -- Chapter 12. Social inequalities and life trajectories. Theoretical-methodological elements for the comparative analysis of inequality (Leticia Muñiz) -- Chapter 13. Migration and social mobility: climbing the social hierarchy in the transnational space (Laura Oso) -- Chapter 14. Social policies to face inequality (Patricia Scarponetti) -- Chapter 15. Conclusions (Sandra Fachelli).

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This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the relationship between training and employment; inequalities in work and family life; educational inequalities; geographical and social inequalities: ethnicity and language; social inequalities, migration and space; uncertainty, strategies, resources and capabilities; inequality of opportunity: intergenerational social mobility; social policies; gender inequalities; and research methodology. This volume is the result of a large collaborative project on social inequality funded by the European Commission: the International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities. Taking into account diverse perspectives and approximations, the collaborators have created a general analytical framework as a model of analysis of social inequalities. The various contributions in this volume help readers gain a global outlook and help reflect on social inequalities in a comparative perspective. This volume addresses social science graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, social policy makers, as well as a broader academic audience interested in social inequality.