Poverty and Inequality by David B. Grusky, Ravi Kanbur - 9780804748421

Poverty and InequalityAuthor(s): David B. Grusky, Ravi Kanbur\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780804748421, 978-0804748421\nSynopsis\nThis volume brings together leading public intellectualsAmartya Sen, Martha C. Nussbaum, Franois Bourguignon, William J. Wilson, Douglas S. Massey, and Martha A. Finemanto take stock of current analytic understandings of poverty and inequality. \n\n Contemporary research on inequality has largely relied on conceptual advances several decades old, even though the basic structure of global inequality is changing in fundamental ways. The reliance on conventional poverty indices, rights-based approaches to poverty reduction, and traditional modeling of social mobility has left scholars and policymakers poorly equipped to address modern challenges. \n\n The contributors show how contemporary poverty is forged in neighborhoods, argue that discrimination in housing markets i.