Class and Time-Based Subjective Inequality - Wealth Forecast

An original analysis of wealth that deepens and enriches the study of class inequality, Class and Time-Based Subjective Inequality highlights the relevance of a dynamic and absolute definition of subjective inequality for capturing marginalized positions.

List of contents

"Feels like" economic opportunities: How subjectivity reveals social inequality
1. The projective synthesis
2. A science of subjectivity
3. Subjective inequality in Bourdieu's theory of time
4. A confiscated future for the working classes
5. Social classes amidst resurging wealth inequalities
6. Giving money, gaining power: Philanthropists striving for eternal legacy
Conclusion: Framing subjectivity within context

About the author

Nicolas Duvoux is Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris 8, France, Full Professor at the Geneva School of Social Sciences, Switzerland, and Director of the Geneva Centre for Philanthropy (GCP). His research focuses on issues of social solidarity, poverty, philanthropy, and social policy. He is the author of L'autonomie des assistés: Sociologie des politiques d'insertion (2009), Le Nouvel Age de la solidarité: Pauvreté, précarité et politiques publiques (2012), and Les oubliés du rêve américain: Philanthropie, État et pauvreté urbaine aux États-Unis (2015).

Summary

An original analysis of wealth that deepens and enriches the study of class inequality, Class and Time-Based Subjective Inequality highlights the relevance of a dynamic and absolute definition of subjective inequality for capturing marginalized positions.

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Duvoux, Nicolas (University of Paris 8 Duvoux
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032913445
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291344-5
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology