| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance |
| Contents |
COVER; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Illustrations; List of figures ; List of tables ; Acknowledgements; 1. Introducing the book; Reflecting on the current debate; The contribution and the limitations of this book; Outline; Notes; References; 2. Causes of urban-economic inequality and segregation; Macro processes and inequality; Technological development; Globalisation; Demographic trends; National institutions; Inequality between cities; Economic growth in cities; Increasing economic importance of cities; Not all cities benefit |
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Growing inequalities in citiesTrickle-down effects; Housing market dynamics; Economic segregation in cities; Causes of economic segregation; What causes changes in the level of economic segregation?; Notes; References; 3. Reflecting on the measurement; How to measure inequality; The Gini coefficient; Limits to the scope; How to measure segregation; The dissimilarity index; Sensitivity to measurement choices; Limits to the scope; Inequality and segregation of what?; Wage, income or capital; Wage or income; Income or capital; From gross incomes to standard of living |
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Market or disposable incomesIndividual or household level; Standard of living = income -- daily cost of living; A dynamic perspective on inequality and segregation; Appendix ; Measuring inequality and segregation; Notes; References; 4. Reflecting on the (negative) societal impact; The negative impact of economic inequality; Effects on economic growth; Ambiguous causality; Health and social effects; Omitted variables and overattribution; Relative or absolute poverty; The issue of causality; The negative impact of economic segregation; Mechanisms underlying neighbourhood effects |
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Social mechanismsInstitutional mechanisms; Identification of neighbourhood effects; From individual effects to city level effects; Notes; References; 5. Reflecting on the moral implications ; Equality and distributive justice; The pie metaphor; Good and bad economic inequality; The currency of equality of opportunity; The impracticability of aiming for economic equality; Incompatibility of economic equality and formal equality; Liberty upsets economic equality and desegregation; The same or enough? About the moral relevance of economic inequality; Social primary goods |
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The moral relevance of (economic) segregationReflecting on the material dimension of economic inequality and segregation; What are those capabilities?; Absolute capability poverty; Segregation and capabilities; Notes; References; 6. Reflecting on urban policy; Summary of the book; Redistribution of money; Reducing poverty and creating equal opportunities; Redistribution of people; Spatial primary goods; References; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
"Increasing economic inequality in cities, and the spatial translation of that into more segregated neighbourhoods, is top of the political agenda in developed countries. While the overall living standards have increased in the last century, the focus has now shifted from poverty to economic differences, with a particular focus on the gap between the very poor and the (ultra- )rich. The authors observe a common view among policy-makers and researchers alike: that urban-economic inequality and segregation are increasing; that this increase is bad; and that money and people (in the case of segregation) need to be redistributed in response. In six compact chapters, this book enriches and broadens the debate. Chapters bring together the literature on the social effects of economic inequality and segregation and question whether there are sizable effects and what their direction (positive or negative) is. The often conflated concepts of economic inequality (and segregation) and social injustice is disentangled and the moral implications are reflected on. The book is essential reading for students and academics of Planning Theory, Planning Ethics, Urban Geography, Urban Economics, Economic Geography and Urban Sociology."--Provided by publisher |
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Urban poor.
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Segregation.
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Social stratification.
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Equality.
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Urban policy.
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Social justice.
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social stratification.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Equality
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Segregation
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Social justice
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Social stratification
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Urban policy
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Urban poor
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weterings, Anet
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Ponds, Roderik
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| ISBN |
9781315269900 |
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1315269902 |
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