| Description |
xii, 185 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in social inequality |
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Studies in social inequality.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Poverty.
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Equality.
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Marginality, Social.
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Social classes.
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Social policy.
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| Author |
Kanbur, S. M. Ravi, 1954-
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Sen, Amartya, 1933-
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Grusky, David B.
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| LC no. |
2005022563 |
| ISBN |
0804748438 paperback alkaline paper |
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080474842X cloth alkaline paper |
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