Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Towards a southern approach to inequality : inequality studies in South Africa and the Global South

2. Is hierarchy the same as inequality?

3. Inequality under globalization : state of knowledge and implications for economics

4. A survey of trends in macroeconomic policy and development in the Global South : from World War II to the Global Financial Crisis and beyond

5. Economic power and regulation : the political economy of metals, machinery and equipment industries in South Africa

6. Inegalitarian growth : India and Brazil compared

7. The crisis of social reproduction in petty commodity production and large-scale mining : a southern perspective on gender inequality

8. Vocational education and inequalities in transitions from education to work in three African countries

9. Investigating infrastructures of urban inequality

10. Social reproduction at end moments : land, class formation and rural economies in Ghana and South Africa

11. Minimum wages : tackling labour market inequality

12. Building counter power in the workplace : South Africa's inequality paradox

13. Global inequality and human rights

14. Conclusion

"This book offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to thinking about inequality, and to understanding how inequality is produced and reproduced in the global South. Without the safety net of the various northern welfare states, inequality in the global South is not merely a socio-economic problem, but an existential threat to the social contract that underpins the democratic state and society itself. Only a response that is firmly grounded in the context of the global South can hope to address this problem. This collection brings together scholars from across the globe, with a particular focus on the global South, to address broad thematic areas such as the conceptual and methodological challenges of measuring inequality; the political economy of inequality in the global South; inequality in work, households and the labour market; and inequalities in land, spaces and cities. The book concludes by suggesting alternatives for addressing inequality in the global South and around the world. The pioneering ideas and theories put forward by this volume make it essential reading for students and researchers of global inequality across the fields of sociology, economics, law, politics, global studies, and development studies"-- Provided by publisher