Tackling Inequalities In Brazil China India And South Africa The Role Of Labour Market And Social Policies

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264088369
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tackling Inequalities in Brazil, China, India and South Africa The Role of Labour Market and Social Policies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the role of growth and employment/unemployment developments in explaining recent income inequality trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, and discusses the roles played by labour market and social policies in both shaping and addressing these inequalities.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789264088351
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tackling Inequalities in Brazil, China, India and South Africa The Role of Labour Market and Social Policies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the role of growth and employment/unemployment developments in explaining recent income inequality trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, and discusses the roles played by labour market and social policies in both shaping and addressing these inequalities.

Author : Alexander Gallas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317423852
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Combating Inequality written by Alexander Gallas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic inequality has recently gained considerable academic attention. However, two important aspects of inequality have not been discussed systematically: its multidimensional nature and the question of what can be done to reverse it. This book offers insights from scholars representing the Global Labour University, which operates in Brazil, Germany, India, South Africa and the US. They analyse the various drivers of inequality, assess policy responses, and discuss counterstrategies. The main findings of this book are that rising levels of inequality cannot be addressed only with the standard policies responses, namely education, redistribution and ‘green growth’. In addition, the way markets currently function needs to be corrected. The chapters in this volume focus on specific fields of contemporary capitalism where important drivers of inequality are located, for example, the labour market; the financial system; the tax system; multi-national corporations; and gender relations. Other chapters discuss in detail where political opportunities for change lie. They critically assess existing countermeasures; the idea of a ‘green economy’ and its implications for inequality; and existing campaigns by trade unions and new social movements against inequality. In line with the global nature of the problem, this book contains case studies on countries both from the north and south with considerable economic and political weight. This book provides academics, political practitioners and civil society activists with a range of ideas on how to drive back inequality. It will be of interest to those who study political economy, development economy and labour economics.

Author : Surya Deva
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317804694
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Socio-Economic Rights in Emerging Free Markets written by Surya Deva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade or so, China and India have emerged on the global stage as two powerful free market economies. The tremendous economic growth in China and India has meant that they have been able to lift millions of people out of the poverty trap. This growth has not, however, been without problems. Apart from worrying levels of environmental pollution, a significant number of people are still struggling to live a decent life as they do not have adequate access to basic needs such as food, health services, education, water, and housing. The traditional old age support mechanism is collapsing amidst push for urbanisation and the practice of nuclear families, while the alternative social security system has not been put in place. Both China and India stress the importance of socio-economic rights, have ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and have in place a strong legal framework for the realisation of such rights. The constitutions of China and India accord significant importance to socio-economic rights and the both countries have numerous laws, regulations and policies that seek to implement various socio-economic rights. This book investigates how the gradual adoption of free market ideology has impacted on the realisation of socio-economic rights in both India and China and how the constitutional and legal frameworks have made necessary adjustments. Chapters in this volume, which are written by academics of international standing, explore how these two countries have tried to overcome certain common governance challenges in realising socio-economic rights. The role played by courts in India and China in the protection and realisation of socio-economic rights is considered along with the use and limitations of public interest litigation in achieving these rights. Finally, the effectiveness of measures in realising socio-economic rights are evaluated in relation to specific rights such as the rights to food, health, education, social security, and gender equality.

Author : Peter Hoeller
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814518522
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Income Inequality in OECD Countries written by Peter Hoeller and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive review of income inequality issues in the OECD in a cross-country setting. It presents a wealth of data and analysis on the formation of inequality and identifies groups of countries that share similar inequality patterns. It also reviews developments at the extremes of the income distribution, namely poverty, top incomes as well as the distribution of wealth. An important contribution of the book is the careful examination of the determinants of the income distribution, such as globalisation and technical progress as well as the effect of a wide range of economic policies that shape the distribution of income. These include in particular labour market regulations, household taxes and transfers as well as in-kind public services. It also sheds light on an under-researched issue: do policies aimed at boosting economic growth raise or reduce income inequality

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264122842
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Territorial Reviews: The Gauteng City-Region, South Africa 2011 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the backdrop of South Africa’s achievements since the fall of apartheid, this Review evaluates measures to position economic development policy and to confront economic inequality in the Johannesburg/Pretoria region.

Author : Breno M. Bringel
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473905648
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Modernity and Social Contestation written by Breno M. Bringel and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A new generation of truly global sociology, grappling with the contemporary world through the lenses of critique, contestation, and social movements. A significant contribution." - Göran Therborn, University of Cambridge "This is a truly global and politically challenging book, bringing together top level researchers and sharply tackling its themes. People from every corner of the planet and from all walks in the social sciences will surely profit from reading it." - Carolina Mera, University of Buenos Aires How can we link contemporary social processes – which have typically been theorized in terms of the concept of modernity – with contemporary social movements, conflicts, and mobilizations which aim at social change? This text: links the social theory of modernity to critical theory and to recent class and citizenship politics as well as to identity politics uses concrete social processes to illustrate theoretical discussion with relevant empirical studies and applies theoretical analysis to different interactions, tensions and possibilities to provide an integrated understanding of global modernity and social contestation includes contributions from distinguished international scholars working in sociological theory and modernity, as well as social movement studies and political contestation, with a strong emphasis on global issues This is a key resource for research in both social theory and the sociology of modernity, as well as social movements and social contestation, and readers interested in globalization and global studies.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264119531
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Divided We Stand Why Inequality Keeps Rising written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines to which extent economic globalisation, skill-biased technological progress and institutional and regulatory reforms have had an impact on the distribution of earnings.

Author : Carlos Gradín
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198863969
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inequality in the Developing World written by Carlos Gradín and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and translates into power asymmetries that can endanger human rights, create conflict, and embed social exclusion and chronic poverty. For these reasons, it underpins intense public and academic debates and has become a dominant policy concern within many countries and in all multilateral agencies. It is at the core of the 17 goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This book contributes to this important discussion by presenting assessments of the measurement and analysis of global inequality by leading inequality scholars, aligning these to comprehensive reviews of inequality trends in five of the world's largest developing countries - Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264123229
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Territorial Reviews: Brazil 2013 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review, which draws on data and comparative perspectives from OECD countries, highlights challenges that Brazil will need to tackle.