Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America

Pedro López-Roldán is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He has a bachelor's degree in economics and business studies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a master's degree in mathematics, computer science and applications to human sciences from the École des Hautes Ét udes en Sciences Sociales of Paris, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a researcher at the Sociological Research Centre on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT), and at the Institute for Labour Studies (IET), at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and coordinator of the Master's programme in Applied Social Research Methods (TISA). His main areas of research are social research methods: multivariate data analysis, typological construction, mixed methods, sociology of labour and social inequalities: labour market segmentation, labour trajectories and immigration, analysis of social inequalities and social mobility, and the relationship among time, work and everyday life. He is the main coordinator of the International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities (INCASI). Sandra Fachelli is Post doctorate in Social Science from University of Buenos Aires (UBA), PhD in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Diploma of Advanced Studies in sociology, Master in Introduction to Research in Sociology (UAB), Master’s in Design and Management of Policies and Social Programs (FLACSO Argentina). She has a BA degree in sociology from the University of Argentina John F. Kennedy. She is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology of Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla and a researcher in the Labour and Education Research Group (GRET) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She is Member of the Academic Commission and Task Manager of the INCASI Project and she is teaching coordinator and professor of the Master’s programme in Applied Social Research Techniques (TISA) that are co-coordinated by UAB and UB. Her main lines of research are: inequality, stratification and social mobility, higher education and employment.

• Chapter 1. Introduction (Pedro López-Roldán).- Chapter 2. Welfare models from a comparative perspective (Antonio Martín-Artiles).- Chapter 3. Policies on unemployment protection in the Mediterranean countries and the Southern Cone (Antonio Martín-Artiles).- Chapter4. Comparing labour market inequalities from a segmentation perspective (Pedro López-Roldán).- Chapter 5. Inequality of educational opportunities, training and employment (José Saturnino Martínez-García).- Chapter 6. New technologies and socio-economic effects (Fausto Miguélez).- Chapter 7. Social stratification’s nomenclatures and measurements: comparative perspectives between Europe and Latin America (Emmanuelle Barozet).- Chapter 8. Social mobility in a comparative perspective between Europe and Latin America (Sandra Fachelli).- Chapter 9. Inequality in the distribution of family income and labour income. Structural and social determinants (Agustín Salvia).- Chapter 10.  Social times, reproduction and social inequality at work: contrasts and comparative perspectives between countries (Màrius Domínguez).- Chapter 11. Gender, care and neoliberalism (Julie Jarty).- Chapter 12. Social inequalities and life trajectories. Theoretical-methodological elements for the comparative analysis of inequality (Leticia Muñiz).- Chapter 13. Migration and social mobility: climbing the social hierarchy in the transnational space (Laura Oso).- Chapter 14. Social policies to face inequality (Patricia Scarponetti).- Chapter 15. Conclusions (Sandra Fachelli).