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Title:

Poverty and inequality / edited by David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur ; essays by Amartya Sen ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 185 p. ; 24cm.

Subject:

Poverty.
Equality.
Marginality, Social.
Social classes.
Social policy.

Other Authors:

Grusky, David B.
Kanbur, S. M. Ravi.
Sen, Amartya Kumar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-180) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The conceptual foundations of poverty and inequality measurement / David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur -- Conceptualizing and measuring poverty / Amartya Sen -- Poverty and human functioning : capabilities as fundamental entitlements / Martha C. Nussbaum -- From income to endowments : the difficult task of expanding the income poverty paradigm / Franois Bourguignon -- Social theory and the concept "underclass" / William J. Wilson -- Race, class, and markets : social policy in the 21st century / Douglas S. Massey -- Dependency and social debt / Martha A. Fineman.

ISBN:

9780804748438 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804748438 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804748421 (cloth : alk. paper)
080474842X (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61352907

LCCN:

2005022563

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)