Revisiting Inequality

Author : Achin Chakraborty,Simantini Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040029404

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Revisiting Inequality by Achin Chakraborty,Simantini Mukhopadhyay Pdf

This volume discusses the current state of knowledge on the conceptual understanding of inequality. The book poses a range of empirical puzzles in the Indian context and examines inequalities across categories of the region of residence, caste, and sex, using a fascinating range of outcome indicators, comprising education, health, earnings, self-employment, and crime. The empirical chapters of this volume use various large-scale secondary data sources to expose the deep-rooted, structural inequalities in the Indian society. It answers some of the pertinent questions around inequality such as why do the backward regions of India continue to remain backward, both in terms of economic and human development indicators? Why do enterprises owned by backward caste individuals have systematically lower business earnings? Are backward castes and women more likely to face crime when their relative status improves? How do the circumstances that children find given at birth influence their learning outcomes? etc. The book will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers of economics of education, development studies, development economics, and Indian economics. It will also be useful for policymakers, academicians, and anyone curious to learn about inequality.

Author : Bruselius-Jensen, Maria,Pitti, Ilaria
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447345442

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Young People’s Participation by Bruselius-Jensen, Maria,Pitti, Ilaria Pdf

Young people’s participation is an urgent policy and practice concern across countries and context. This book showcases original research evidence and analysis to consider how, under what conditions and for what purposes young people participate in different parts of Europe. Focusing on the interplay between the concepts of youth, inequality and participation, this book explores how structural changes, including economic austerity, neoliberal policies and new patterns of migration, affect the conditions of young people’s participation and its aims. With contributions from a range of subject experts, including young people themselves, the book challenges current policies and practices on young people’s participation. It asks how young people can be better supported to take part in social change and decision-making and what can be learnt from young people’s own initiatives.

Author : Olivier Blanchard,Dani Rodrik
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262362672

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Combating Inequality by Olivier Blanchard,Dani Rodrik Pdf

Leading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality. Economic inequality is the defining issue of our time. In the United States, the wealth share of the top 1% has risen from 25% in the late 1970s to around 40% today. The percentage of children earning more than their parents has fallen from 90% in the 1940s to around 50% today. In Combating Inequality, leading economists, many of them current or former policymakers, bring good news: we have the tools to reverse the rise in inequality. In their discussions, they consider which of these tools are the most effective at doing so.

Author : Richard Teese,Stephen Lamb,Marie Duru-Bellat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 981 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402059162

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International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy by Richard Teese,Stephen Lamb,Marie Duru-Bellat Pdf

Inequality is a marked and persistent feature of education systems, both in the developed and the developing worlds. Major gaps in opportunity and in outcomes have become more critical than in the past, thanks to the knowledge economy and globalization. The pursuit of equity as a goal of public policy is examined in this book through a series of national case-studies. The book covers many different global contexts from the wealthiest to some of the poorest nations on earth. It therefore offers a broad range of different theoretical and methodological approaches, and brings together extensive international experience in equity policy.

Author : Theo S. Eicher,Stephen J. Turnovsky
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262550642

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Inequality and Growth by Theo S. Eicher,Stephen J. Turnovsky Pdf

Even minute increases in a country's growth rate can result in dramatic changes in living standards over just one generation. The benefits of growth, however, may not be shared equally. Some may gain less than others, and a fraction of the population may actually be disadvantaged. Recent economic research has found both positive and negative relationships between growth and inequality across nations. The questions raised by these results include: What is the impact on inequality of policies designed to foster growth? Does inequality by itself facilitate or detract from economic growth, and does it amplify or diminish policy effectiveness? This book provides a forum for economists to examine the theoretical, empirical, and policy issues involved in the relationship between growth and inequality. The aim is to develop a framework for determining the role of public policy in enhancing both growth and equality. The diverse range of topics, examined in both developed and developing countries, includes natural resources, taxation, fertility, redistribution, technological change, transition, labor markets, and education. A theme common to all the essays is the importance of education in reducing inequality and increasing growth.

Author : Joseph F. Francois,Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Cross-Country Inequality
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-section and Time-series Inequality Datasets by Joseph F. Francois,Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Pdf

Abstract: The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the United Nations has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. The authors develop techniques to deal with national and international comparability problems intrinsic to such datasets. The result is a new dataset of consistent inequality series, allowing them to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new data allow the authors to perform parametric non-linear estimation of Lorenz curves from grouped data. This in turn allows them to estimate the entire income distribution, computing alternative inequality indexes and poverty estimates. Finally, the authors use their broadly comparable dataset to examine international patterns of inequality and poverty.

Author : Roopinder Oberoi,Jamie P. Halsall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319791234

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Revisiting Globalization by Roopinder Oberoi,Jamie P. Halsall Pdf

This provocative volume takes an international, multidisciplinary approach to understanding globalization and assessing its economic, social, and environmental effects. Representing the Global North and South, it addresses important debates stemming from recent political events in the U.S. and U.K., the continuing rise of information technology, and the constant struggle between corporate interests and the health of the planet.The human outcomes of world human rights challenges are considered in the ongoing global narratives of migrants, refugees, and disabled persons, as well as possibilities for greater social equity and integration.This expert synthesis takes critical steps to reshape the concept of globalization from an amorphous mass of objectives and initiatives to a forward-looking model of clarity and balance. Included in the coverage: Globalization and migration: is there a borderless world A comparative assessment of climate policies of top emitters. Neo-protectionism in the age of Brexit and Trump. Working inclusively and redefining social valorization in the globalized world. Understanding the strategy of M&As in the globalized perspective. Reappraisal of social enterprise in a globalized world. Revisiting Globalism will be of particular interest to those in the academic field and the statutory and nonprofit sectors whose work deals with teaching social sciences in higher education settings.

Author : Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583676714

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Rethinking Democracy by Leo Panitch,Greg Albo Pdf

For years, intellectuals have argued that, with the triumph of capitalist, liberal democracy, the Western World has reached “the end of history.” Recently, however, there has been a rise of authoritarian politics in many countries. Concepts of post-democracy, anti-politics, and the like are gaining currency in theoretical and political debate. Now that capitalist democracies are facing seismic and systemic challenges, it becomes increasingly important to investigate not only the inherent antagonism between liberalism and the democratic process, but also socialism. Is socialism an enemy of democracy? Could socialism develop, expand, even enhance democracy? While this volume seeks a reappraisal of existing liberal democracy today, its main goal is to help lay the foundation for new visions and practices in developing a real socialist democracy. Amid the contradictions of neoliberal capitalism today, the responsibility to sort out the relationship between socialism and democracy has never been greater. No revival of socialist politics in the twenty-first century can occur without founding new democratic institutions and practices.

Author : Wiemer Salverda,Brian Nolan,Daniele Checchi,Ive Marx,Abigail McKnight,István György Tóth,Herman van de Werfhorst
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191511110

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Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries by Wiemer Salverda,Brian Nolan,Daniele Checchi,Ive Marx,Abigail McKnight,István György Tóth,Herman van de Werfhorst Pdf

There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the social sciences. The central questions addressed by this book, and the major research project GINI on which it is based, are: - Have inequalities in income, wealth and education increased over the past 30 years or so across the rich countries, and if so why? - What are the social, cultural and political impacts of increasing inequalities in income, wealth and education? - What are the implications for policy and for the future development of welfare states? In seeking to answer these questions, this book adopts an interdisciplinary approach that draws on economics, sociology, and political science, and applies this approach to learning from the experiences over the last three decades of European countries together with the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, and South Korea. It combines comparative research with lessons from specific country experiences, and highlights the challenges in seeking to adequately assess the factors underpinning increasing inequalities and to identify the channels through which these may impact on key social and political outcomes, as well as the importance of framing inequality trends and impacts in the institutional and policy context of the country in question.

Author : Feng Wang
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804757941

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Boundaries and Categories by Feng Wang Pdf

A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades.

Author : Sujit Kumar Chattopadhyay
Publisher : Literatureslight Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Democracy Revisited by Sujit Kumar Chattopadhyay Pdf

Democracy Revisited is a critical as well as uncritical approach to the study and review of democracy today. The objective of the first chapter is to deal with some theoretical reasons of the decline of democracy such as lack of holistic approach, omission of civil society and varied forms of democracy. Out of many theoretical defects the book especially highlights the problem of precision regarding the meaning and nature of democracy and omission of civil society in democracy. Omission of civil society in democratic discourses has been a direct cause of the decline of democracy. That the people are ignored in practical democracy is due to the fact that civil society is absolutely omitted from the democratic narratives. The book also highlights some of major practical problems that are downgrading the importance, implication and relevance of democracy today in reality. Such practical problems are corruption, rule of the elites in lieu of rule of the people, inequality of race, gender and religion and lack of leadership. Under this perspective, it is necessary to have an open look towards the positive points of democracy. Since, there is no much better alternative than democracy we must have to highlight its strong points such as scope of debate, discussion, participation and formation of opinion by which democracy can be a people-friendly political system as well as an ideology and a cultural practice. Thus, this book is not only a criticism of democracy, but also a call for revisiting its strength by which democracy can still claim to be a suitable alternative of all types of statecraft, political systems and social and cultural pattern of life.

Author : Hao Jiang,Pietro Sirena
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781009336642

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The Making of the Chinese Civil Code by Hao Jiang,Pietro Sirena Pdf

This book is the first attempt in the English language to study and evaluate the new Chinese Civil Code.

Author : Chetan Ghate
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199921164

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The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy by Chetan Ghate Pdf

India's remarkable economic growth in recent years has made it one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Its rapid growth, however, has been accompanied by widening regional disparities, poverty, malnutrition, and socio-political instability. Understanding India's dualistic development process and the emergence of the Indian economic miracle are crucial in solving the obstacles India faces in transforming itself into a modern 21st-century economy. The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy features research on core topics by leading scholars to understand the Indian economic miracle and the key debates confronting the Indian economy. The Handbook moves beyond traditional boundaries by featuring areas of research that will be important in the future, setting an academic standard for current and future research on the Indian economy. The Handbook is divided into eight major sections featuring expert contributions on a host of issues. These range from India's historical development before and after 1947; tackling poverty through innovative public policy; industrialization; health, education, and the demographic transition; governance and institutional reform; macroeconomic policy reform; and India's interaction with the world economy. A final Looking Ahead chapter reflects upon an agenda for economic research in the 21st century. Ambitious in scope, diverse in its coverage of topics, and a rare unified and comprehensive treatment of India's complex and dynamic development process, The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy is a must-read for both researchers who are new to the field, as well as those who want to update and extend their knowledge to the frontier of the field.

Author : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789213628546

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Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol. 24, No.1, June 2017 by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

This journal’s objective is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social development issues and concerns facing the region and aims to stimulate policy debate and assist in the formulation of policy. The development experience in the Asian and the Pacific region has stood out as an extraordinary example of what can be achieved when policymakers, experts, scholars and people at large harness their creativity, knowledge and foresight. The Journal provides a scholarly means for bringing together research work by eminent social scientists and development practitioners from the region and beyond for use by a variety of stakeholders. It aims to stimulate policy debate and assist in the formulation of policy in the region.

Author : Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
Publisher : Rozenberg Publishers
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789051709926

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Essays on trade and equity by Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Pdf