Relational Inequalities

Author : Donald Tomaskovic-Devey,Dustin Avent-Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190624422

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Relational Inequalities by Donald Tomaskovic-Devey,Dustin Avent-Holt Pdf

Organizations are the dominant social invention for generating resources and distributing them. Relational Inequalities develops a general sociological and organizational analysis of inequality, exploring the processes that generate inequalities in access to respect, resources, and rewards. Framing their analysis through a relational account of social and economic life, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey and Dustin Avent-Holt explain how resources are generated and distributed both within and between organizations. They show that inequalities are produced through generic processes that occur in all social relationships: categorization and their resulting status hierarchies, organizational resource pooling, exploitation, social closure, and claims-making. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Tomaskovic-Devey and Avent-Holt focus on the workplace as the primary organization for generating inequality and provide a series of global goals to advance both a comparative organizational research model and to challenge troubling inequalities.

Author : Darrin Hodgetts,Ottilie Stolte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317300304

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Urban Poverty and Health Inequalities by Darrin Hodgetts,Ottilie Stolte Pdf

When discussing health, we talk about ailments and afflictions, the potential of modern medicine and the behaviours that affect our health. Yet although these relationships exist, they undermine a more socio-economic understanding of health. This timely book takes a critical perspective to argue that urban poverty and health inequalities are intimately interconnected, and that the increasing disparity between rich and poor will necessarily exacerbate health issues within urban communities. Urban Poverty and Health Inequalities documents how life has become increasingly insecure and stressful for growing numbers of people due to increased insecurities in employment, income and housing, rising living costs, and the retrenchment of welfare and social services. The book explores the role of history and media depictions of poverty and health inequalities in influencing the current situation. A central objective is to advance ways to understand and respond to urban poverty as a key social determinant of health. The authors pay particular attention to the ways in which punitive responses to urban poverty are further exacerbating the hardships faced by people living in urban poverty. Looking at issues of class, age, gender, ethnic and disability-based inequalities, the book offers both critical theory and grounded solutions to enable those living in poverty to live healthier lives. The collateral damage resulting from current socio-economic arrangements reflects political choices regarding the distribution of resources in societies that needs to be challenged and changed. The authors attend to initiatives for change, offering practical responses to address urban poverty, including efforts to address wealth distribution, the potential of living wage and Universal Basic Income initiatives, social housing and anti-oppressive welfare systems.

Author : Yordan Kostadinov Kyosev,Ketty Georgieva Peeva
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789814481571

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Fuzzy Relational Calculus: Theory, Applications And Software (With Cd-rom) by Yordan Kostadinov Kyosev,Ketty Georgieva Peeva Pdf

This book examines fuzzy relational calculus theory with applications in various engineering subjects. The scope of the text covers unified and exact methods with algorithms for direct and inverse problem resolution in fuzzy relational calculus. Extensive engineering applications of fuzzy relation compositions and fuzzy linear systems (linear, relational and intuitionistic) are discussed. Some examples of such applications include solutions of equivalence, reduction and minimization problems in fuzzy machines, pattern recognition in fuzzy languages, optimization and inference engines in textile and chemical engineering, etc. A comprehensive overview of the authors' original work in fuzzy relational calculus is also provided in each chapter.The attached CD-Rom contains a toolbox with many functions for fuzzy calculations, together with an original algorithm for inverse problem resolution in MATLAB. This book is also suitable for use as a textbook in related courses at advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author : Masoud Nikravesh,Lofti A. Zadeh,Victor Korotkikh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540396758

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Fuzzy Partial Differential Equations and Relational Equations by Masoud Nikravesh,Lofti A. Zadeh,Victor Korotkikh Pdf

During last decade significant progress has been made in the oil indus try by using soft computing technology. Underlying this evolving technology there have, been ideas transforming the very language we use to describe problems with imprecision, uncertainty and partial truth. These developments offer exciting opportunities, but at the same time it is becoming clearer that further advancements are confronted by funda mental problems. The whole idea of how human process information lies at the core of the challenge. There are already new ways of thinking about the problems within theory of perception-based information. This theory aims to understand and harness the laws of human perceptions to dramatically im prove the processing of information. A matured theory of perception-based information is likely to be proper positioned to contribute to the solution of the problems and provide all the ingredients for a revolution in science, technology and business. In this context, Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC), Univer sity of California, Berkeley from one side and Chevron-Texaco from another formed a Technical Committee to organize a Meeting entitled "State of the Art Assessment and New Directions for Research" to understand the signifi cance of the fields accomplishments, new developments and future directions. The Technical Committee selected and invited 15 scientists (and oil indus try experts as technical committee members) from the related disciplines to participate in the Meeting, which took place at the University of California, Berkeley, and March 15-17, 2002.

Author : Bing-Yuan Cao,Ji-Hui Yang,Xue-Gang Zhou,Zeinab Kheiri,Faezeh Zahmatkesh,Xiao-Peng Yang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030337865

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Fuzzy Relational Mathematical Programming by Bing-Yuan Cao,Ji-Hui Yang,Xue-Gang Zhou,Zeinab Kheiri,Faezeh Zahmatkesh,Xiao-Peng Yang Pdf

This book summarizes years of research in the field of fuzzy relational programming, with a special emphasis on geometric models. It discusses the state-of-the-art in fuzzy relational geometric problems, together with key open issues that must be resolved to achieve a more efficient application of this method. Though chiefly based on research conducted by the authors, who were the first to introduce fuzzy geometric problems, it also covers important findings obtained in the field of linear and non-linear programming. Thanks to its balance of basic and advanced concepts, and its wealth of practical examples, the book offers a valuable guide for both newcomers and experienced researcher in the fields of soft computing and mathematical optimization.

Author : Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107158900

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Relational Egalitarianism by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen Pdf

Explores the nature of the ideal of relational equality and how it relates to distributive ideals of justice.

Author : Ellen Gordon-Bouvier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030613587

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Relational Vulnerability by Ellen Gordon-Bouvier Pdf

This book breaks new theoretical ground by constructing a framework of ‘relational vulnerability’ through which it analyses the disadvantaged position of those who undertake unpaid caregiving, or ‘dependency-work’, in the context of the private family. Expanding on existing socio-legal scholarship on vulnerability and resilience, it charts how the state seeks to conceal the embodied and temporal reality of vulnerability and dependency within the private family, while promoting an artificial concept of autonomous personhood that exposes dependency-workers work to a range of harms. The book argues that the legal framework governing the married and unmarried family reinforces principles of individualism and rationality, while labelling dependency-work as a private, gendered, and sentimental endeavor, lacking value beyond the family. It also considers how the state can respond to relational vulnerability and foster resilience. It seeks to provide a more comprehensive understanding of resilience, theorising its normative goals and applying these to different hypothetical state responses.

Author : Charles Tilly
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520211711

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Durable Inequality by Charles Tilly Pdf

Exploring representative paired and unequal categories, such as male/female, black/white, and citizen/non-citizen, Tilly argues that the basic causes of these and similar inequalities greatly resemble one another.

Author : Gottfried Schweiger,Clemens Sedmak
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000982763

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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty by Gottfried Schweiger,Clemens Sedmak Pdf

The problem of poverty is global in scope and has devastating consequences for many essential aspects of life: health, education, political participation, autonomy, and psychological well-being. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty presents the current state of philosophical research on poverty in its breadth and depth. It features 39 chapters divided into five thematic sections: Concepts, theories, and philosophical aspects of poverty research Poverty in the history of Western philosophy and philosophical traditions Poverty in non-Western philosophical thought Key ethical concepts and poverty Social and political issues The handbook not only addresses questions concerning individual, collective, and institutional responsibility towards people in extreme poverty and the moral wrong of poverty, but it also tackles emerging applied issues that are connected to poverty such as gender, race, education, migration, and climate change. Additionally, it features perspectives on poverty from the history of Western philosophy, as well as non-Western views that explore issues unique to the Global South. Finally, the chapters in the first part provide an overview of the most important aspects of social science poverty research, which serves as an excellent resource for philosophers and philosophy students unfamiliar with how poverty is empirically researched in practice. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Poverty is an essential resource for students and researchers in philosophy, political science, sociology, development studies, and public policy who are working on poverty.

Author : D. Curran
Publisher : Springer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137495570

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Risk, Power, and Inequality in the 21st Century by D. Curran Pdf

Risk, Power, and Inequality in the 21st Century provides a groundbreaking new analysis of the increasingly important relationship between risk and widening inequalities. The massive, and often unequal, impacts of contemporary risks are recognized widely in popular discussions – be it the fall-out from the 2008 financial crisis or Hurricane Katrina – yet there is a distinct neglect in social science of the overall systemic impacts of these risks for increasing inequalities. This book moves beyond this lacuna to identify novel intersections of risk and inequalities. It shows how key processes associated with risk society – the social production and distribution of risks as side-effects – are intensifying inequalities in fundamental ways. In articulating how risk is intensifying both the social sources of suffering of the least advantaged and the power of the most advantaged, this book realizes a significant rethinking of risk, power, and inequalities in contemporary society.

Author : Thomas Scanlon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Equality
ISBN : 9780198812692

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Why Does Inequality Matter? by Thomas Scanlon Pdf

Inequality is widely regarded as morally objectionable: T. M. Scanlon investigates why it matters to us. He considers the nature and importance of equality of opportunity, whether the pursuit of greater equality involves objectionable interference with individual liberty, and whether the rich can be said to deserve their greater rewards.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309452960

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Communities in Action by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Community-Based Solutions to Promote Health Equity in the United States Pdf

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Author : Tuula Juvonen,Marjo Kolehmainen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351606691

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Affective Inequalities in Intimate Relationships by Tuula Juvonen,Marjo Kolehmainen Pdf

Raising to the challenge of how to grasp such forms of inequalities that are mediated affectively, Affective Inequalities in Intimate Relationships focuses on subtle inequalities that are shaped in everyday affective encounters. It also seeks to bridge a gap between affect theory and empirical social research by providing ideas and inspiration of how to work with affect in research practice. Presenting cutting-edge empirical studies on affect and intimate relationships, the collection - introduces alternative and novel ways of conceptualizing the workings of affect in intimate relationships - provides tools for tackling the subtle ways in which affectivity connects with power relations in intimate relations - develops innovative methodologies that provide better access to affect as an embodied experience A fascinating contribution to the interdisciplinary field of affect studies, Affective Inequalities in Intimate Relationships will appeal to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates interested in fields such as gender studies, queer studies and cultural studies.

Author : R. Nazli Somel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3658266163

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A Relational Approach to Educational Inequality by R. Nazli Somel Pdf

Author : Emily Grabham,Davina Cooper,Jane Krishnadas,Didi Herman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134082223

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Intersectionality and Beyond by Emily Grabham,Davina Cooper,Jane Krishnadas,Didi Herman Pdf

This collection addresses the present and the future of the concept of intersectionality within socio-legal studies. Including contributions from a range of international scholars, this book interrogates what has become a key organizing concept across a range of disciplines, most particularly law, political theory, and cultural studies.