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The Society of Equals.

Rosanvallon, Pierre.

The Society of Equals. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (385 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Crisis of Equality -- 1. The Invention of Equality -- 2. The Pathologies of Equality -- 3. The Century of Redistribution -- 4. The Great Reversal -- 5. The Society of Equals: A Preliminary Outline -- Notes -- Index.

Society's wealthiest members claim an ever-expanding share of income and property--a true counterrevolution, says Pierre Rosanvallon, the end of the age of growing equality launched by the American and French revolutions. Just as significant, driving this contemporary inequality has been a loss of faith in the ideal of equality itself.

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Democracy.
Equality-Sociological aspects.
Social structure.
Solidarity.


Electronic books.

JC575

320.01/1

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