The Mainstreaming of Global Inequality, 1980-2020

Christian O. Christiansen

doi:10.3167/choc.2023.180303

The Mainstreaming of Global Inequality, 1980-2020

Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Idéhistorie, fag

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

This article maps the conceptual history of global inequality from its marginal status in the 1980s, its minute mainstreaming within research and
globalization discourse from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, until its popularization, politicization, and “economization” in the wake of the 2008
financial crisis, recession, and the publication of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century in 2014. Asking when, why, and how global inequality
became a key concept, it draws upon quantitative and qualitative analysis of global inequality in scientific articles, books, and public media. It traces
transformations in the term’s temporal and spatial meanings and situates these in the contexts of rising within-nation and declining between-nation inequality, inequality research, inequality in public media, and broader discursive fields.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Contributions to the History of Concepts
Vol/bind	18
Nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	52-82
Antal sider	31
ISSN	1807-9326
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3167/choc.2023.180303
Status	Udgivet - dec. 2023

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Christiansen, C. O. (2023). The Mainstreaming of Global Inequality, 1980-2020_Accepted Manuscript
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An Intellectual History of Global Inequality, 1960-2015
Christiansen, C. O. (PI)
01/09/2019 → 30/09/2022
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