Rich and poor : disparities, perceptions, concomitants /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002. |
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| Description: | vii, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social indicators research series ; v. 15 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4818884 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Rich and Poor as Dividing and Integrating Forces of Society: Introduction
- Disparities between Rich and Poor
- 2. "Poverties" and Wealth: Competing Definitions and Alternative Approaches to Measurement
- 3. Inequalities between Income and Wealth: The Case of Germany in 1998
- 4. Assessing Trends in Poverty in Australia
- 5. Divergence and Convergence of International Development: A Socio-economic Approach
- 6. Determinants of Internet Use in Switzerland: Structural Disparities and New Technologies
- Subjective Perceptions of Poverty and Wealth
- 7. Income and Satisfaction in Germany and Russia: A Comparison between Poor and Rich People
- 8. Closing the Gap between Rich and Poor in South Africa: Trends in Objective and Subjective Indicators of Quality of Life in the October Household Survey
- 9. Subjective Poverty and Affluence in the Philippines
- 10. Subjective Well-being from Rich and Poor
- 11. The Income-Happiness Relationship
- Concomitant Circumstances of Socio-economic Inequality
- 12. Intercontinental Disparities and Migration
- 13. Global Response to Poverty Alleviation: Challenges for Development NGOs in South Asia
- 14. Economic Growth and Social Polarisation under Globalism: Some Evidence from Sri Lanka
- 15. Welfare Burden and the Disapproval of Redistribution: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
- 16. Welfare Production, Poverty and Wealth: A Comparitive and Longitudinal Perspective
- Contributors
