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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789860203321

Autore

FitzGerald Valpy

Titolo

Overcoming the Persistence of Inequality and Poverty [[electronic resource] /] / by Valpy FitzGerald, Judith Heyer ; edited by R. Thorp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-06771-4

9786613067715

0-230-30672-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Classificazione

POL029000POL023000POL024000BUS068000

Disciplina

338.9

339.46091724

Soggetti

Economic policy

Political planning

Political sociology

Political economy

Political science

Social structure

Equality

Development Policy

Public Policy

Political Sociology

International Political Economy

Political Science

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Technical change and economic development -- pt. 3. Human development, income distribution and poverty -- pt. 4. Conflict, ethnicity and inequality.

Sommario/riassunto

International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer



in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality.