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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973468003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011
• ISBN: 9786613067715; 9781283067713; 1283067714; 9780230306721; 0230306721
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2011.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Classificazione: POL029000POL023000POL024000BUS068000
• Altri autori (Persone): FitzgeraldE. V. K <1947-> (Edmund Valpy Knox); HeyerJudith; ThorpRosemary
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetti: Economic development; Political planning; Political sociology; International economic relations; Political science; Social structure; Equality; Development Studies; Public Policy; Political Sociology; International Political Economy'; Political Science; Social Structure
• 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.