Arbeitspapier | Working paper
Social inequalities in Europe: facing the challenge
This discussion paper describes the extent of social inequalities both within and between the countries of the European Union. In the first three chapters we address the micro level of individual life courses: education, employment and income. The following chapters analyse the societal consequences of inequalities. Chapter 4 looks at the unequal distribution of financial resources, while chapter 5 addresses the social and political outcomes of financial inequalities. In sum, there is mounting scientific evidence that various forms of educational, employment and financial inequalities increase over time. Moreover, societal exclusion is likely to lead to forms of political exclusion that is, a depoliticisation of socially excluded groups or to various forms of political extremism. This is an alarming sign for the future of European democracies and is in glaring contradiction to the democratic political values of equality enshrined in the Treaties.
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Seite(n): 114
- Language
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Englisch
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
- Bibliographic citation
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Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (P 2014-005)
- Subject
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Politikwissenschaft
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Europapolitik
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Beschäftigungssituation
Einkommensunterschied
Bildungsertrag
Einkommensverteilung
Bildungsniveau
EU
geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren
Armut
Arbeitslosigkeit
Bildungschance
europäische Sozialpolitik
soziale Ungleichheit
Reichtum
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Allmendinger, Jutta
Driesch, Ellen von den
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Veröffentlichung
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
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Deutschland, Berlin
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Allmendinger, Jutta
- Driesch, Ellen von den
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Time of origin
- 2014