Nan Dirk De Graaf, Dingeman Wiertz

Societal Problems as Public Bads

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Corruption, crime, economic inequality, religious fundamentalism, financial crises, environmental degradation, population ageing, gender inequality, large-scale migration.... The authors demonstrate that similar social mechanisms lie behind many of the most pressing problems facing societies today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781138480216
• ISBN-10: 1138480215
• Artikelnr.: 56863894

Autorenporträt

Nan Dirk de Graaf is an Official Fellow at Nuffield College and Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford. His research interests include social stratification - especially educational attainment and how social mobility affects political preferences, health and attitudes, sociology of religion, pro-social behaviour, and political sociology. Dingeman Wiertz is a Lecturer in Social Science and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at University College London. Having received training in economics as well as sociology, his research interests include civic engagement, inter-ethnic relations, social networks, economic hardship, political attitudes, school choice, and residential segregation.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Analytical Framework 3. The Promises and
Pitfalls of State Intervention 4. Welfare States: Affordability and
Perverse Incentives 5. Population Growth While Fertility Drops 6. Migration
and the Multicultural Society 7. Economic Inequality 8. Gender Inequalities
9. Crime 10. Corruption 11. The Fragility of the Financial System 12.
Global Warming and Climate Change 13. Secularization, Religious
Fundamentalism, and Religious Extremism