Class and Time-Based Subjective Inequality

Wealth Forecast

Nicolas Duvoux (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-91344-5 (ISBN)

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Challenging the inference in social science that taking subjectivity into account somehow conflicts with approaches that emphasize the reality of the material conditions of existence, this book shows how subjective perceptions of one’s future can help to capture class and inequality, considering the extent to which material conditions (such as wealth, income and power) are revealed by subjective indicators. That is to say, to take the full measure of social inequality, ‘feels like’ economic opportunities matter: subjectivity, when considered as temporal and closely linked with material conditions of existence, helps us apprehend social constraints.

By presenting three empirical case studies that encompass both qualitative and quantitative methods, the author not only elaborates on arguments in Bourdieu’s early and relatively unknown works but also demonstrate the importance of senses of security and insecurity as markers of class inequality.

An original analysis of wealth that deepens and enriches the study of class inequality, Class and Time-Based Subjective Inequality highlights the relevance of a dynamic and absolute definition of subjective inequality for capturing marginalized positions. It will, therefore, appeal to scholars of sociology, economics, and politics with interests in social theory, contemporary inequalities, and social class.

Nicolas Duvoux is Ordinary Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, Director of the Geneva Centre for Philanthropy (GCP). His research focuses on issues of social solidarity, poverty, philanthropy, and social policy. He is the author of L'autonomie des assistés: Sociologie des politiques d'insertion (2009), Le Nouvel Age de la solidarité: Pauvreté, précarité et politiques publiques (2012), and Les oubliés du rêve américain: Philanthropie, État et pauvreté urbaine aux États-Unis (2015).

“Feels like” economic opportunities: How subjectivity reveals social inequality

1. The projective synthesis

2. A science of subjectivity

3. Subjective inequality in Bourdieu’s theory of time

4. A confiscated future for the working classes

5. Social classes amidst resurging wealth inequalities

6. Giving money, gaining power: Philanthropists striving for eternal legacy

Conclusion: Framing subjectivity within context

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.3.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Advances in Sociology
Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-032-91344-4 / 1032913444
ISBN-13	978-1-032-91344-5 / 9781032913445
Zustand	Neuware