Employment relations in advanced, post-industrial democracies have become increasingly
insecure and uncertain as the risks associated with work are being shifted from employers …

In the postwar period, projects of social justice have often drawn upon ideas of national
solidarity, calling upon shared national identities to mobilize support for the welfare state …

The result of the referendum in the United Kingdom in 2016 to leave the European Union
sparked much interest on the socio-economic characteristics of 'Brexiters'. In this article, we …

We construct series of posttax income for France over the 1900–2018 period and compare
them with US series. We quantify the extent of redistribution—the reduction from pretax to …

At a time of great social and political turmoil, when many residents of the leading
democracies question the ability of their governments to deal fairly and competently with …

Social Inequality and Social Stratification in US Society uses a historical and conceptual
framework to explain social stratification and social inequality. The historical scope gives …

Why were the European middle classes ready to acquiesce in neo-liberalism? This book
argues that upward mobility, the growth of individual and family assets, the growing …

We review research on institutions of redistribution operating in high-income countries.
Focusing on the nonelderly, we invoke the concept of the household income package, which …

Precarious work (ie, work that is insecure and uncertain, often low-paying, and in which the
risks of work are shifted from employers and the government to workers) has emerged as a …

Inequalities in incomes and wealth have increased in advanced countries, making our
economies less dynamic, our societies more unjust and our political processes less …