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Fragments of Inequality: Social, Spatial and Evolutionary Analyses of Income Distribution - Softcover

Chakravorty, Sanjoy

 
9780415952965: Fragments of Inequality: Social, Spatial and Evolutionary Analyses of Income Distribution
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415952964 ISBN 13: 9780415952965
Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Fragments of Inequality merges sociological, geospatial, and economic explanations of global inequality into a grand synthesis of the subject that breaks new ground by stressing the phenomenon's spatial foundations. Concentrating on inequality within and between regions, the book demonstrates that spatial inequality has increased in recent years. It employs modified evolutionary principles (i.e., punctuated equilibrium; not entirely smooth and linear in terms of chronological development) rather than the more abstract ones of rationality and self-interest that economists use, and on a fragmented rather than abstract conception of space. Global in its empirical coverage, it also addresses the current impact of economic globalization.

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About the Author

Sanjoy Chakravorty is Associate Professor of Geography at Temple University.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415952964
ISBN 13 
9780415952965
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
276