Inequality - Sustainable Development Goal 10: Intro
About the selection
This selection of books and articles are mainly from the EC Library’s e-collection, obtained through its search tool Find-eR.
Access may be restricted to Commission staff or to users at subscribing institutions.
The resources listed in the EC Library Guides do not necessarily represent the positions, policies or opinions of the EU institutions and bodies.
Find-eR search terms:
- Income distribution
- "Sustainable Development Goal" AND inequality
- “Economic growth” AND inequality
- "international economy" AND inequality
- "income inequality"
- inequality AND fiscal
See also other reading lists:
- European Parliament Library: Selected online reading on the EU welfare Systems and the challenges of poverty, inequalities and social justice, 2022.
- IISD SDG Knowledge Hub - SDG 10. IISD (The International Institute for Sustainable Development) is an independent Think Tank. The Hub is a collection of articles, policy briefs, and news stories from think tanks and academics, mainly in English + adverts for future events on all the goals.
Material types
Book for loan: Request a loan of the print version via the title link.
eJournal article: Title links to the article reference in Find-eR with link/s to the full text article from one or more providers.
eBook: Title links to the reference in Find-eR with link to the electronic book.
Article, Think Tank paper: Title links directly to the online version.
Introductions
EU paper
- European Consensus on Development
By European Commission, DG INTPA.
Together with its member countries, the EU adopted the European Consensus on Development in 2017, as part of its response to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (2015). The consensus defines our shared vision and action framework for development cooperation.
Direct link: The new European consensus on development ‘Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future’. Joint Statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the member states meeting within The Council, The European Parliament and The European Commission, 2017, 57 pages.
See also: Implementation of the new European Consensus on Development – Addressing inequality in partner countries. Commission Staff Working Document, SWD(2019) 280 final, 41 pages.
eBook
A Brief History of Equality by Harvard University Press, 2022, 289 pages.
Dispite setbacks human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.
French original (Book for loan): Une brève histoire de l'égalité / Thomas Piketty, Seuil, 2021, 350 pages.
eJournal article
- Sustainable Development Goals and the study of economic inequality
by Ravi Kanbur (Cornell Univ., US). In: The Journal of Economic Inequality volume 19, pages 3–11 (2021).
This paper is an introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Economic Inequality which contains a selection of articles published in the Journal which bring economic perspectives and methods to bear on dimensions of inequality highlighted in the Sustainable Development Goals. The papers show that the study of economic inequality has much to contribute to the global policy discourse which is underpinned by the SDGs.
eBook
Research on economic inequality: Poverty, inequality and shocks by Emerald Publishing, 2022, vii, 304 pages.
This volume of Research on Economic Inequality contains research on how we measure poverty, inequality and welfare and how these measurements contribute towards policies for social mobility. The volume contains eleven papers, some of which focus on the uneven impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty and welfare.
eBook
Reducing inequalities: A challenge for the European Union? by Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xv, 259 pages.
How does the European Union engage with inequality today? What principles of social solidarity ought to be applied between states and citizens of the European Union? What should be the role of European Union and its institutions regarding the challenge of reducing inequality?
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The Politician: A Companion to Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince by Springer International Publishing, 2020, 209 pages. The age of princes has passed, but the age of politicians is at its heights. So is Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince any less relevant? No. But it needs an update, to reflect the political realities of our times. That is the purpose of this groundbreaking manuscript--a guide to success in contemporary politics, where the democratically-elected politician has assumed the role of the classical prince. Here is revealed how a politician must act if she wants to be successful, how she must plot her every move, whether dealing with colleagues, constituents, family members, bureaucrats, lobbyists or the media. Indeed, this manuscript is unique, for it exposes at a level of detail never seen before the inner workings of the mind of the contemporary politician. And while it may prove an asset to aspiring politicians, its frank and honest nature will no doubt strike fear in the hearts of incumbent politicians as it sheds light on their motives, intentions, and aspirations.
