Histories of Global Inequality New Perspectives
This book argues that inequality is not just about numbers, but is also about lived, historical experience. It supplements economic research and offers a comprehensive stocktaking of existing thinking on global inequality and its historical development. T
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Histories of Global Inequality
Christian Olaf Christiansen Steven L. B. Jensen Editors
Histories of Global Inequality New Perspectives
Editors Christian Olaf Christiansen School of Culture and Society University of Aarhus Aarhus, Denmark
Steven L. B. Jensen The Danish Institute for Human Rights Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN 978-3-030-19162-7 ISBN 978-3-030-19163-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19163-4 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 The chapter “Histories of Global Inequality: Introduction” is Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). For further details see license information in the chapter. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Photo: Colourbox.com Cover design: estudio Calamar This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
Histories of Global Inequality: Introduction 1 Christian Olaf Christiansen and Steven L. B. Jensen
Inequality in the History of Economic and Political Thought 33 Historicizing Piketty: The Fall and Rise of Inequality Economics 35 Eli Cook The Demise of the Radical Critique of Economic Inequality in Western Political Thought 59 Michael J. Thompson Products Before People: How Inequality Was Sidelined by Gross National Product 83 Philipp Lepenies Inequality by Numbers: The Making of a Global Political Issue?107 Pedro Ramos Pinto
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Inequality, Discrimination and Human Rights 129 Inequality and Post-War International Organization: Discrimination, the World Social Situation and the United Nations, 1948–1957131 Steven L. B. Jensen “A Pragmatic Compromise between t
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