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The global Covid-19 pandemic had seen inequalities much exacerbated and disparities between and within nations widened. The socio-economic crisis experienced in Brazil is no exception. The long-term impacts of the pandemic on our socio-economic and political lives and how they shape the production and reproduction of inequalities will continue to dominate contemporary sociological debates. We propose a set of original papers that focus not only on the measurement of social inequalities, but seek to articulate the complex social processes based on new empirical evidence on wealth distribution, well-being and life chances in the 21st century. Despite being a late-industrialized country, the general trends observed in Brazil in inequalities can shed light on similar developments in other societies, and this Special Issue aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the persistent and deepening inequalities worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Related with the urban segregation processes, several studies have discussed the benefits or losses that affect different social groups as a result of their location in space. In this discussion, this article presents a study about these phenomena in Salvador, first capital and currently the third largest Brazilian city on data from the 2000 and 2010 demographic censuses and other official sources. Showing how differentiated appropriation of the urban territory interferes on access to goods and services and on life opportunities, these analyses highlight the relevance of mentioned phenomena for the production and reproduction of social inequalities and vulnerability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the household economy of middle class and skilled working class families living in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, and problematizes family dynamics and social inequalities that are (re)produced by it. The proposal is part of a study where we analyze the reproduction of social classes through everyday practices in health care, education and household economy, from a social phenomenological perspective. We carried out biographical interviews with parents of 31 heterosexual, two-parent and single-parent families, living with children or young sons and daughters. We conclude that the temporal dimension of money circulation causes different experiences between middle class and working class families, and works as a (re)production mechanism of gender and class inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]