The Killing Fields of Inequality (Hardcover)

Figures page vi

Tables vii

Introduction 1

I. The Fields 5

1. Human, Nasty and Short: Life under Inequality 7

2. Behind the Doors of Exclusion 20

II. Theory 35

3. Theoretical Cross-Draught 37

4. Three Kinds of (In)Equality and Their Production 48

III. History 69

5. Inequality and the Rise of Modernity 71

6. A Historical Six-Pack: Three Inequalities in

Global and National History 79

IV. Today’s Unequal World 101

7. Current World Patterns and Dynamics of Inequalities 103

8. Three Puzzles of Contemporary Inequalities 132

V. Possible Futures 151

9. Overcoming Inequality – Yesterday and Tomorrow 153

10. The Decisive Battlefields of Future (In)Equality 166

References 185

Index 202