Political scientist professor gerald schneider from the cluster of excellence the politics of inequality talks in an interview in the university of konstanzs online magazine about inequalities in the german asylum system 22122020 voluntary or compulsory new evidence on motivation for anti covid 19 policies a study by the university of konstanz shows that voluntary motivation to . The politics of inequality is a timely and lively book that offers important insights about how people in rich democracies use political processes to distribute income and wealth across their populations it can be read as an update and development of inequality by design that crucial 1996 book by a distinguished team of berkeley sociologists that demolished the bell curve in the 2016 political debate such moral arguments over inequality are with us again and carsten jensen and kees van . While it is now widely accepted that inequality is the defining issue of our time and there is growing research on the drivers and impacts of inequalities there has been less focus on how inequalities are experienced and resisted by ordinary people and communities the newly launched politics of inequality research theme at the international inequalities institute explores the practices of resistance mobilisation and contestation from a bottom up perspective. While it is now widely accepted that inequality is the defining issue of our time and there is growing research on the drivers and impacts of inequalities t