Fragments of inequality : social, spatial, and evolutionary analyses of income distribution / Sanjoy Chakravorty.

By:

Chakravorty, Sanjoy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. ; London : Routledge, 2006 [reprinted 2007].Description: xi, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0415952956 (hb : alk. paper)
0415952964 (pb : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

306.3 CHA

LOC classification:

HB523 .C44 2006

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Contents:

Theory and explanation -- Patterns and trends -- Economic theory and income distribution -- Social theory and income distribution -- Punctuated equilibria and social inequality -- Gradualism and spatial inequality -- Where we stand.

Summary: This book argues that social fragmentation and spatial fragmentation are the principal sources of income inequality, and shows how these factors change and thereby effect changes in distributional patterns.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Calcutta	306.3 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMC-141644

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-250) and index.

This book argues that social fragmentation and spatial fragmentation are the principal sources of income inequality, and shows how these factors change and thereby effect changes in distributional patterns.

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