Overcoming the persistence of inequality and poverty / edited by Valpy FitzGerald, Judith Heyer, Rosemary Thorp.

Other author Fitzgerald, E. V. K. (Edmund Valpy Knox), 1947-
Other author Heyer, Judith.
Other author Thorp, Rosemary.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2011.
Descriptionxxi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Presenting the book / Valpy FitzGerald, Judith Heyer & Rosemary Thorp -- Social wellbeing and conflict : themes from the work of Frances Stewart / John Toye -- Technology change : sources and impediments / Gustav Ranis, Mallory Irons and Yanjing Huang -- Migration and productivity patterns in European regions / Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Gianfranco De Simone, Gianluca Orefice and Angelica Salvi -- Revisiting Technology and underdevelopment : climate change, politics and the "D" of solar energy technology in contemporary India / Barbara Harriss-White with Sunali Rohra and Nigel Singh -- Advancing human development : values, groups, power and conflict / Séverine Deneulin -- Welfare regimes and economic development : bridging the conceptual gap / Thandika Mkandawire -- Democracy, the New Left and income distribution : Latin America over the last decade / Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Bruno Martorano -- Understanding horizontal inequalities : the role of civil society / Graham K. Brown -- Horizontal inequalities and militancy : the case of Nigeria's Niger Delta / Arnim Langer and Ukoha Ukiwo -- Seeking representativeness : affirmative action in Nigeria and South Africa compared / Abdul Raufu Mustapha -- Frances Stewart : a selected bibliography.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2010050730
ISBN9780230249707 (hardback)
ISBN0230249701 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks HD82 .O915 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold