What is global inequality? How can it be measured? What are the major trends? Addressing these questions, this book examines the major issues that need to be co

Despite the fact that the globalization process tends to reinforce existing inequality structures and generate new areas of inequality on multiple levels, syste

What causes global inequality? Why should we be concerned about it? Is inequality getting worse or are there signs of improvement and progress? This critical an

This book argues that inequality is not just about numbers, but is also about lived, historical experience. It supplements economic research and offers a compre

During its 500-year history, the modern world-system has seen several shifts in hegemony. Yet, since the decline of the U.S. in the 1970s, no single core power