Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The purpose of the book; 1.2 A broad and founded societal perspective; 1.3 Researching inequality; 1.4 Outline of the book; 2. What is inequality?; 2.1 Income and exchange-value; 2.2 Labour power and use-value; 2.3 Housing and the value of it; 2.4 Unemployment -- not taking part; 2.5 Working but unpaid; 2.6 Employed but on precarious conditions; 2.7 Conclusions: Inequalities -- how many are there?; 3. Why does inequality exist?; 3.1 Potential and actual causes
3.2 Causes are inherent in social structures ... 3.3 ... and also in contexts of meaning (cultures); 3.4 Conclusions: So who and what causes inequality?; 4. Systemic causes of inequality; 4.1 Causes inherent in capitalism; 4.2 Causes inherent in the state; 4.3 Conclusions: Five systemic causes of inequality; 5. From decreasing to increasing inequality; 5.1 Those were the more equal days; 5.2 The neoliberal revolution; 5.3 But also other ways; 5.4 Conclusions: Neoliberal constraints but also new opportunities; 6. Financialised economies; 6.1 Dependent financialisation in the south
6.2 Superior export-orientation in the centre6.3 Dependent export-orientation and financialisation in the east; 6.4 Superior financialisation in the west; 6.5 Export-orientation and financialisation in the north; 6.6 Conclusions: Diverging economic contexts; 7. Austerity and individualisation; 7.1 The conservatives and their 'misérables" in the centre; 7.2 The liberals and their obstacles to economic growth in the west; 7.3 The constant transitions in the east; 7.4 The reliance on the family in the south; 7.5 The social democratic hesitancy in the north
7.6 Conclusions: Converging welfare provisions8. Inequalities in the cities; 8.1 The polarisation between exclusion and inclusion; 8.2 Societal causes of social exclusion; 8.3 New societal borders; 8.4 The making of the new societal borders; 8.5 Conclusions: The new societal borders belong to the neoliberal societal model; 9. Combatting inequality; 9.1 Current EU policies; 9.2 The urgent need for societal transformations; 9.3 Transformative social innovations; 9.4 Conclusions: Five success criteria; 10. Concluding summary; Bibliography; Index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index
