Emerald Studies in Class and Inequality

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During the course of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, there has been an enormous increase in wealth and income inequality. This series examines the nature, extent, and sources of class divisions and social inequality in the United States, Europe and other societies around the world, focusing on the unequal distribution of wealth and income over the past several decades.
Providing an analysis of the widening gap in wealth and income arising from class, racial, and gender inequalities that are the outcome of exploitative social relations, this series examines the class basis of inequality, in particular the exploitation of wage-labor by capital, which prevails in contemporary capitalist society. Focusing on the polarization of classes through the ever-widening gap in wealth and income, the series explores the class dynamics of social inequality stemming from the disparity in income and wealth, which has led to an uneven and unequal distribution that has reached unprecedented levels in recent history. In addressing these issues, the volumes in this series make an important contribution to an analysis and understanding of this urgent societal problem that we confront in the early twenty-first century.

Series Editor

Berch Berberoglu, Ph.D.
Foundation Professor of Sociology, Emeritus
Founding Director, Ozmen Institute for Global Studies
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada, USA

Editorial Advisory Board

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Larry T. Reynolds, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA

Rhonda Levine, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology Emerita, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, USA

Patrick Bond, Ph.D.; Professor of Political Economy and Sociology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ligaya Lindio-McGovern, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology Emerita, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Christopher Chase-Dunn, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Director, Institute for Research on World-Systems, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA

Jaroslaw Przeperski, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Center for Family Research, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

Rose Brewer, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology and African American and African Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Martin Orr, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA

Walda Katz-Fishman, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology Emerita, Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA

Henry Veltmeyer, Ph.D.; Research Professor of Development Studies, Universidad Autόnoma de Zacatecas, Mexico Professor of Development Studies, Emeritus, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Rajendra Baikady, Ph.D., FRSA; Assistant Professor of Social Work, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, India

Ann Strahm, Ph.D.; Professor and Chair of Sociology, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California, USA

Adam Fabry, Ph.D.; Lecturer in Economics, Universidad Nacional de Chilecito, Cordoba, Argentina

Alan Jay Spector, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, Indiana, USA

The rise of social inequality in societies across the globe in recent decades has taken centre stage in social analysis and led to increased interest in issues related to class, race, and gender, with special attention to social movements that address these inequities to bring about social change and social transformation in the in the late 20th and early 21st century—topics that are now the mainstay of studies in sociology and the social sciences.

Growing interest in research and scholarship on wealth and income inequality, racial, ethnic, and gender oppression, and social movements that have emerged to struggle against these inequalities across the globe have become important areas of study in academia today. This series intends to bring this knowledge to both academic and lay audiences worldwide to promote discussion and debate on these important topics that impact societies around the world.

Topics of Interest for the Series:

Class and Inequality: Wealth and Income Inequality in the USA
Class and Inequality: Wealth and Income Inequality Globally
Class and Inequality: History of the Labour Movement Globally
Class, Race, and Gender: Sources of Social Inequality Globally
Class, Race, and Social Justice in Historical Perspective
Class, Gender, and the Struggle against Patriarchy
Class and Inequality in Particular Countries around the World
Class, State, and Capital over Labour Globally
Working Class Struggles in the Global Economy

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Interested in publishing in this series? Please contact editor Berch Berberoglu (berchb@unr.edu) or publisher Katy Mathers (kmathers@emerald.com) for information.