Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America

This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the relationship between training and employment; inequalities in work and family life; educational inequalities; geographical and social inequalities: ethnicity and language; social inequalities, migration and space; uncertainty, strategies, resources and capabilities; inequality of opportunity: intergenerational social mobility; social policies; gender inequalities; and research methodology. This volume is the result of a large collaborative project on social inequality funded by the European Commission: the International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities. Taking into account diverse perspectives and approximations, the collaborators have created a general analytical framework as a model of analysis of social inequalities. The various contributions in this volume help readers gain a global outlook and help reflect on social inequalities in a comparative perspective. This volume addresses social science graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, social policy makers, as well as a broader academic audience interested in social inequality.

Pedro López-Roldán is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He has a bachelor's degree in economics and business studies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a master's degree in mathematics, computer science and applications to human sciences from the École des Hautes Ét udes en Sciences Sociales of Paris, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a researcher at the Sociological Research Centre on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT), and at the Institute for Labour Studies (IET), at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and coordinator of the Master's programme in Applied Social Research Methods (TISA). His main areas of research are social research methods: multivariate data analysis, typological construction, mixed methods, sociology of labour and social inequalities: labour market segmentation, labour trajectories and immigration, analysis of social inequalities and social mobility, and the relationship among time, work and everyday life. He is the main coordinator of the International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities (INCASI). 

Sandra Fachelli is Post doctorate in Social Science from University of Buenos Aires (UBA), PhD in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Diploma of Advanced Studies in sociology, Master in Introduction to Research in Sociology (UAB), Master’s in Design and Management of Policies and Social Programs (FLACSO Argentina). She has a BA degree in sociology from the University of Argentina John F. Kennedy. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology of Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla and a researcher in the Labour and Education Research Group (GRET) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She is Member of the Academic Commission and Task Manager of the INCASI Project and she is teaching coordinator and professor of the Master’s programme in Applied Social Research Techniques (TISA) that are co-coordinated by UAB and UB. Her main lines of research are: inequality, stratification and social mobility, higher education and employment.