Unveiling Inequality A World-Historical Perspective / Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korzeniewicz, Roberto Patricio.

Contributor:

Moran, Timothy Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Economic aspects--Case studies.

Equality.

Income distribution--Case studies.

Income distribution.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 192 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the vast expansion of global markets during the last half of the twentieth century, social science still most often examines and measures inequality and social mobility within individual nations rather than across national boundaries.

Contents:

Reinterpreting within-country inequality

High and low inequality as historical equilibria

High inequality, low inequality, and creative destruction

The distribution of income between nations as a high-inequality equilibrium

Global stratification and the three paths of social mobility.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61044-658-5

OCLC:

794701255