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INEQUALITY IN THE MODERN WORLD: A REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2016-22-3-57-64

Abstract

The article analyses two reports of the international organizations dedicated to the problem of social inequality in a global scale. It distinguishes the main issues and the main conclusions of the reports formulated by experts; it also considers the factors of social inequality and its basic forms. The article presents main features of social inequality in Russia on the basis of these reports. It analyses peculiarities of Russian inequality and the data on Russian citizens inclusion into the global elite and into the global middle class.

 

About the Authors

I. A. Vershinina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
associate professor, chair of modern sociology, Faculty of sociology


T. S. Martynenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
assistant of the Chair of modern sociology, Faculty of sociology


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Vershinina I.A., Martynenko T.S. INEQUALITY IN THE MODERN WORLD: A REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science. 2016;22(3):74-91. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2016-22-3-57-64

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