The Palgrave Handbook of Inequality in a Global Society brings together 30 contributions from international scholars examining the causes, manifestations, and consequences of inequality across diverse social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. Covering themes including education, human development, governance, migration, colonial legacies, identity, and global power structures, the handbook offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective on one of the defining challenges of our time and its implications for people and the planet.

Rajendra Baikady is a Social Work educator and researcher. He is the winner of Golda Meir Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (2019-2020) and Confucius Studies Understanding China Fellowship (Post-Doctoral Research) at Shandong University Peoples Republic of China (2018-2019).

Sajid S.M is Professor and former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Department of Social Work, Jamia Milia Islamia New, Delhi India.

Jaroslaw Przeperski is Director Centre for Family Research and adjunct professor in the Social Work Department, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun Poland. He is also an expert on family matters in the Polish Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

Varoshini Nadesan is resident: Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions and a lecturerat the Department of Social Work in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa.

M. Rezaul Islam is Professor in Social Work, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Academic Adviser at the Department of Social Administration & Justice, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Gao Jianguo is a Professor and former Head in the Department of Social Work, School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University, Peoples Republic of China.