Politics of Inequality

David Pettinicchio, Department of Sociology and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, specializes in the intersection of political sociology and the study of inequality. More specifically, he is interested in how the interaction between institutions and actors perpetuate unequal political and economic outcomes, and the various mechanisms employed by elites and citizens alike seeking to challenge inequality.

• Part I: Making Inequality Part of the Political and Policy Agenda Chapter 1. How did Inequality as a Political Issue Gain and Retain Such Prominence on the Democratic Party Agenda?; Keith Gunnar Bentele Chapter 2. Coalitions That Clash: California’s Climate Leadership and the Perpetuation of Environmental Inequality; Joshua A. Basseches, Kaitlyn Rubinstein, and Sarah M. Kulaga Part II: The Politics of Welfare State Retrenchment  Chapter 3. Welfare State Recalibration in France and Germany: What Role do Polarization and Inequalities in People’s Attitudes Towards Social Policies Play?; Agnes Blome  Chapter 4. Stones vs Routines: Students and Politicians in Higher Education Tuition Policy; Didem TürkoğluChapter 5. Welfare, Punishment, and Social Marginality: Understanding the Connections; Marco Brydolf-Horwitz and Katherine Beckett Part III: The Political, Social and Economic Impacts of Inequality on Vulnerable Groups Chapter 6. Crises of Social Reproduction Among Women of Color: The State and Local Politics of Inequality within Neoliberal Capitalism; Julisa McCoy, Jessica Moronez, Evelyn Pruneda, and Ellen Reese Chapter 7. The Persistent Challenge of HIV & Black MSM in the American South: Racial Inequality & the LGBTQ Community; Ravi K. Perry and Aaron D. Camp Chapter 8. From Diaspora Mobilization to Immigrant Resistance: Comparing Syrian and Yemeni Mobilization Against Inequality at Home and Abroad; Dana M. Moss Part IV: Mobilizing Against Inequality Chapter 9. Occupying against inequality; Jacquelien van Stekelenburg and Teodora Gaidyte Chapter 10. Moral Economies, Mobilization, and Inequality: The Case of the 2018 U.S. Teachers' Strikes; Eric Blanc and Barry Eidlin Chapter 11. Living Down to Expectations: Age Inequality and Youth Activism; Thomas V. Maher and Jennifer Earl  Chapter 12. Creative Disappointment: How Movements for Democracy Spawn Movements for Even More Democracy; John Markoff, Hillary Lazar, and Jackie Smith