検索キーワード： 社会階級・経済格差

'Indian democracy is in deep trouble at this time, but its flame has been kept alive by a multitude of vibrant collectives working on the ground. Aruna Roy and her colleagues in the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan have played a leading role in this effort to defend and expand democratic space.'...

Uncover the fierce labor history and class struggles that forged our modern economy, from village farms to digital gigs. Perfect for an eye-opening commute, this narrative reveals how ordinary weavers, enslaved people, and programmers fought back against institutions controlling their time and...

In America's Health: The Community Is Now the Patient, Dr. Leslie Bronner delivers an urgent, evidence-based call to action that challenges how we think about healthcare in the United States. Drawing on more than two decades of clinical experience as a psychiatrist and a doctoral background in public health, Dr. Bronner argues that the cycle of poor health in this country is driven by the social determinants of health—the conditions in the communities where people live, work, and raise their families.

'A significant piece of work' Diane Abbott 'A rigorous and fearless development and dissection of the Black Middle Class in Britain' Derek Owusu A landmark portrait of modern Britain, The Good, the Black and the Boujee is a critical reckoning with the pursuit of 'black excellence'. From...

A gripping story of political idealism, disillusionment, and new hope, Nothing Left exposes how the Democratic Party was hijacked by out-of-touch activists, coastal elitists, and powerful special interests. Packed with insider revelations and razor-sharp commentary, Evan Barker takes readers...

A Pulitzer-finalist historian charts a 250-year-old intellectual and political tradition—the conviction that all Americans are NOT created equal. We think of the United States as a nation committed, at least on paper, to ideals of human equality, under God and/or under the law. But as robust...

Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal—that the quality of the education varies with the location of the school and that as a result, children learn more in the schools that serve mostly rich, white kids than in the schools serving mostly poor, black kids. But it turns...

新自由主義の台頭で日本社会に格差が定着した。非正規労働者層が誕生し、人口の三割が経済的理由から家庭を持つことができないという、膨大な貧困層を形成した。人々は格差の存在をはっきりと感じ、豊かな人々は豊かさを、貧しい人々は貧しさをそれぞれに自覚しながら日々を送る。

What is normal? And more importantly… who decided that for you? From the moment you are born, expectations are already in place. How you should live, how you should look, what you should achieve. Most people never question it. They follow what feels natural. But what feels natural is often just repetition.

American political history has a rhythm and a progression. Part of that progression is White populist anger and resentment. The Forgotten Man and White Populist Resentment: Power, Politics, and Narrative Dominance in the Trump Era traces how this White populism rose to dominate the Republican...

The outrageous, jaw-dropping true story of the man who took on a corporate giant – and won. A dedicated and experienced Amazon employee, Chris Smalls had begun to feel frustrated by the inner workings of the retail giant – he kept being passed over for promotion, with little to no...

A leading social critic identifies our least-discussed major crisis, and sets out to solve it. As Americans debate President Biden’s infirmities and President Trump’s erratic behavior, we’ve neglected the bigger problem before us: a massive transfer of power and wealth to the oldest among...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 3e audiobook, produced by Audileo, a valued OpenStax Technology Partner. Introduction to Sociology 3e aligns to the topics and objectives of many introductory sociology courses. It is arranged in a...

The definitive and “captivating” (Marty Baron, author of Collision of Power) story of San Francisco’s meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly engineered its collapse. At the dawn of the...

A New York Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2026 "I have found few books lately as immediately compelling as Barragán's, and as a reader, I could not put it down . . . The Yahoo Boys is a tour-de-force." —Jon Lee Anderson "[Carlos] Barragán's writing is as personal as it is...

'A powerful synthesis of perspective and self-determination' Irish Times 'Fascinating ... affecting ... illuminating ... [Carthew] has genuinely interesting things to say' The Sunday Times ''Most Cornish stories are told by outsiders, and are not Cornish stories at all... Natasha Carthew gives...

Writer and actor Wallace Shawn's probing, honest, and self-critical take on civilization and its discontents.

Arguing that rent gave birth to capital, this book shows us how rent's lost history has striking implications for capitalism's future.

Brought to you by Penguin. The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the masses throughout most of human history. This is starkly visible now more than ever—today, the gulf between oligarchs and the average citizen is larger than any gap that existed during European serfdom or the slave...

To My Black Friend is a heartfelt plea for responsibility, repair, and the work before us. This book speaks directly to the challenges facing the Black community—not from a place of condemnation, but from a place of urgency, love, and truth. It acknowledges the reality of systemic injustice, generational trauma, and historical burden, while also calling for disciplined homes, stronger internal standards, accountable leadership, and intentional rebuilding. This is not a political argument. It is a moral and cultural call to action.