Part I: Introduction. Fault Lines and Front Lines: Shifting Power in an Unequal World - Katja Hujo and Maggie Carter -- Reducing Inequality: Trends and Policy Approaches / Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Vladimir Popov (Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute in Berlin) -- Part II: Engines of Inequality: Institutions, Politics and Power -- Intergenerational Relations, Socioeconomic Fracturing and Cultural Marginalization: Spatializing the Processes that Compound Inequalities / Julie MacLeavy (University of Bristol) and David Manley (University of Bristol) -- Inequalities in the Governance of Water in the Context of Extractivism: The Case of the Locumba Upper River Basin in Peru / Diego Geng (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru) -- Rewiring the Social Contract: Digital Taxis and Economic Inclusion in Nigeria / Kate Meagher (London School of Economics) -- How the Hedge Fund Dream of Financial Freedom Drives Inequality / Megan Tobias Neely (Stanford University) -- Reproduction of Inequalities in the Implementation of Social Policies in Latin America / Roberto Rocha Coelho Pires (Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia) -- City-to-City Cooperation and the Promise of a Democratic "Right to the City" / Fritz Nganje (University of Johannesburg) -- Part III: Elite Ideology and Perceptions of Inequality: Implications for Redistribution and Social Cohesion -- Elites, Ideas and the Politics of Inclusive Development / Tom Lavers (University of Manchester) -- Elites' Perceptions of Inequality: Who Supports Redistribution? Why, When and How? / Graziella Moraes Silva (Graduate Institute of International and Development Policies), Matias López (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Elisa Reis (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and Chana Teeger (London School of Economics) -- Inequality, Popular Attitudes and Elite Ideology in Africa: The Case of Social Protection / Jeremy Seekings (University of Cape Town) -- Part IV: A New Social Contract: Alliances for Transformative Change.

Othering and Solidarity in 20th Century Agrarian California: What Can We Learn About Efforts to Create Cross-Sector Alliances for Progressive Political Change? - Antonio Roman-Alcalá (Erasmus University, Netherlands) -- Entangled Inequalities and Network Building: Organizational Experiences of Paid Domestic Workers in Uruguay and Paraguay - Raquel Rojas Scheffer (Free University of Berlin) -- Informal Workers Co-Producing Social Services in the Global South: Task Shifting or Political Strategy towards a New Social Contract? - Laura Alfers (Rhodes University) -- Oneness vs. The 1% - Vandana Shiva.

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"Inequality is one of today's greatest challenges, obstructing poverty reduction and sustainable development. As the power of elites grows and societal gaps widen, institutions representing the public good and universal values are increasingly disempowered or co-opted, and visions of social justice and equity side-lined. This book explores the roles of elites and institutions of power in the deepening of social and economic cleavages across the globe, by asking how inequalities have reshaped structures from the local to the transnational level, and what consequences they have wrought. In addition, the contributors present examples of peaceful processes of policy change that have made societies greener and more socially just, levelled out social stratification, and devolved power and resources from elites to non-elites, or towards marginalized or discriminated groups. Based on cutting-edge empirical research, the chapters in this volume bring together conceptual thinking and a number of case studies from the Global North and South, combining different levels of analysis and a range of qualitative research methods to present solutions for closing the inequality gap."-- Provided by publisher.

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