Global Inequality: Patterns and Explanations

Book Overview

What is global inequality? How can it be measured? What are the major trends and patterns? What are the implications of global inequality for the world economy and multilateral governance? What role does and should inequality play in national and international policy-making?

In this comprehensive overview, the authors address these key questions. They examine the major issues that need to be confronted in conceptualizing, measuring and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745638872
• ISBN13: 9780745638874
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"