Social polarization

Social polarization

Social polarization is associated with the segregation within a society that may emerge from income inequality, real-estate fluctuations, economic displacements etc. and result in such differentiation that would consist of various social groups, from high-income to low-income.

One of the earlier stimulating research works on social polarization is from R.E. Pahl on Isle of Sheppey [R. E. Pahl, Divisions of Labour, Oxford: Blackwell, 1984, ISBN 0-631-13273-2] , wherein he provides a comparison between the Pre-capitalist society and capitalist society.

More recently, a number of research projects have been increasingly addressing the issues of social polarization within the developed economies. [Frank Moulaert, Erik Swyngedouw and Arantxa Rodriguez. "The Globalized City: Economic Restructuring and Social Polarization in European Cities". Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0199260409]

Notes

See also

* Social exclusion
* URSPIC


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