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UNINA9910778542703321 |
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Autore |
Gandy Oscar H |
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Titolo |
Coming to terms with chance : engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage / / by Oscar H. Gandy Jr |
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Farnham, : Ashgate, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-16408-3 |
1-315-57275-3 |
1-317-16407-5 |
1-282-38286-1 |
9786612382864 |
0-7546-9914-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 240 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discrimination |
Social stratification |
Statistics - Social aspects |
Chance - Social aspects |
statistics |
human development |
social sciences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will |
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