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

Contributor(s): Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.Description: xii, 185 p. ; 24cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 339.4/6 22
LOC classification:
  • HV13 .P68 2006eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-180) and index.

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.

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