Challenging Inequality

Variation across Postindustrial Societies

Evelyne Huber, John D. Stephens

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English

University of Chicago Press
24 October 2024

Social discrimination; Social classes; Central government policies; Political economy; Industry & industrial studies

A wide-ranging examination of how policies, parties, and labor strength affect inequality in post-industrial societies.

Not all countries are unequal in the same ways or to the same degree. In Challenging Inequality, Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens analyze different patterns of increasing income inequality in post-industrial societies since the 1980s, assessing the policies and social structures best able to mitigate against the worst effects of market inequality. Combining statistical data analysis from twenty-two countries with a comparative historical analysis of Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United States, Huber and Stephens identify the factors that drive increases in inequality and shape persistent, marked differences between countries. Their statistical analysis confirms generalizable patterns and in-depth country studies help to further elucidate the processes at work.

Challenging Inequality shows how the combination of globalization and skill-biased technological change has led to both labor market dualization and rising unemployment levels, which in turn have had important effects on inequality and poverty. Labor strength—at both the society level and the enterprise level—has helped to counter rising market income inequality, as has a history of strong human capital spending. The generosity of the welfare state remains the most important factor shaping redistribution, while the consistent power of left parties is the common denominator behind both welfare state generosity and human capital investment.

By: Evelyne Huber, John D. Stephens
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780226834658
ISBN 10: 0226834654
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 24 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Evelyne Huber is the Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. John D. Stephens is the Lenski Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reviews for Challenging Inequality: Variation across Postindustrial Societies

"""Huber and Stephens turn their keen eyes to income inequality throughout the affluent world. Using a mix of data and methods, they seamlessly weave together three inter-related lines of analysis: inequality patterns across countries and over time, country-specific policy interventions that mitigate inequality, and the political and economic factors that shape both market-generated inequality and inequality-reducing policies. This superb book promises to reshape contemporary inequality scholarship.""--Janet Gornick coeditor of ""Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries"" ""This book is a genuine tour de force. Picking up where Piketty left off, Huber and Stephens give us an in-depth scrutiny of the causes behind rising inequality and poverty, and how these diverge across nations. The analyses point to multiple smoking guns, including globalization, new technologies, and deregulation. But what really matters are strong welfare states upheld by the power of labor."" --G�sta Esping-Andersen Pompeu Fabra University"