Socio-economic Inequality in Modern Society

Based on up-to-date data, this paper wants to show how different patterns of social and economic inequality develop in modern society. Referring to the research by Sylvia Walby, Tim Butler and Paul Watt, Quan Li and Rafael Reuveny, Blossfeld et al., Pablo Beramendi and Christopher J. Anderson, Peter Hoeller, this paper considers inequality as a massive and extending phenomenon as well as describes more precisely income inequality measurement and aspects. Finally it determines the directions of society's improvement and describes a progress in this field of studying.