ABSTRACT
This book originates from a comparative research project involving extensive collection and analysis of primary and secondary materials (scholarly literature, statistical data, and interviews with key actors) on socioeconomic outcomes of the global financial crisis in all major world regions during the last years. Offering analytical and comparative insights at the global level, as well as an assessment of the overall social globalization phenomenon, this book will be useful for scholars, students, NGOs, and policy makers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |19 pages
Theoretical and Empirical Introduction
chapter |17 pages
Introduction
Socioeconomic Outcomes of the Global Financial Crisis: Theoretical Overview and Some Empirical Observations
part |89 pages
Systematic Part
chapter |15 pages
“Greening the Crisis”
The Place of Environmental Factors in Its Story and Aftermath
chapter |27 pages
The Economic Crisis, Austerity, and Migration
Exploring the Failed Trajectory of Neoliberal Post-Communism
chapter |21 pages
From Male to Female
Conversion and Gender Relations in Times of Crisis: A Study of Seasonal Workers of Agribusiness in Chile
chapter |24 pages
Social Effects of the Crisis
Residential Mobility and Urban Sprawl in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona (Spain)
part |126 pages
Regional Case Studies
chapter |19 pages
The Brazilian Approach to Crisis
Growth Recovery, Basic Social Income, and a Wide Social Pact
chapter |18 pages
The First Financial Avalanche of the 21st Century
Impact on Different Social Classes in Vietnam
part |18 pages
Conclusion
