Handbook on sociology of inequalities in BRICS countries / kiran Odhav and Jayanathan Govender

Social inequality contrast in the five different BRICS countries, having a population of more than 3.22 billion, constituting almost 40 % of global population, with different kinds of development in each, and these also reflect a massive set of circumstances in the global South.
With original insights from 21 researchers from different BRICS countries, all the 18 chapters in this handbook are about timeless issues that recur in the BRICS countries in socio-economic, cultural and political contexts with particular analyses on identities, racialized discrimination, consumption patterns, subaltern counterpublics, indigenous systems, technological innovations, employment, sports, mega-events; the sub-disciplines dealt with car also bring together political theory to conceptually frame one of the most basic questions that cuts across all the sciences, viz, what is the best way to live life?
Inequalities continue and may increase over time, despite the fact that social inequality is a contested idea which may even defy definition. Inequality in BRICS countries is also socially relevant for other regions of the globe, including European Union, the Americas, Africa, CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa), and the ‘Next 11’ (Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea and Vietnam). These regions and countries may need to be concerned about inequalities in the reconstruction of their societies, and this critique may be an important ready reference.
Social inequalities in BRICS countries emerged out of an ongoing research by the sociologists, with two discourses published to date (on stratification and youth), and a further two in the offing.

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Foreword / Sari Hanafi -- Dedication / -- In memory of Professor Ishwar Modi -- Preface -- About the Book -- Contributors -- Understanding Inequality / Kiran Odhav & Jayanathan Govender -- Brazil -- Brazilian Sociology and the Internationalisation of Sociology in the BRICS Societies / Tom Dwyer & José Vicente Tavares dos Santos -- The Symbolic Forms and the Conflict in the Mega-Events / Michel Nicolau Netto -- Oscillations in Gender and Race Inequalities: Brazilian Labour Market between 2003-2021 / Bárbara Castro & Helena Hirata – Russia -- Social Justice in Changing Societies / Mikhail F Chernysh & Valeriy A Mansurov -- Reconceptualising the Working Class in Contemporary Russia / Alexandrina Vanke -- Education, New Technologies and Inequality in Contemporary Russia / Anna Strelnikova – India -- The Upsurge of Subaltern Counterpublics: Community Radio, New Publics and Participatory Development Actions in Rural India / Dhanraj A Patil -- Indian Modern Childhood Inequality / Chandni Basu & Ronita Chattopadhyay -- Castes of the Indian Middle Class: The ‘Old’ and the ‘New’ of Inequality in India / Surinder S Jodhka – China -- The Middle Class in Contemporary China and its Consumption Patterns / Zhu Di -- Chinese Middle Class by Relative and Absolute Standards / Li Chunling -- A Pastoral Family’s Practice of Poverty Alleviation from the Perspective of Social Change in China / Hong Lin -- South Africa -- Continuing Success of Females towards Management Level in the Construction Industry in South Africa / Banita Odhav -- Towards Indigenisation of the Educational Curriculum: Challenges and Possibilities with Specific Reference to African Myths as Knowledge Source / Mokong Simon Mapadimeng -- The Reproduction of Inequalities: When Harmonious Desegregation Services Unequal Education / Nyna Amin -- Hegemony in Sport: Cricket in South Africa and India / Kiran Odhav -- Racialized Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa / Jayanathan Govender – Conclusion / Kiran Odhav & Jayanathan Govender