ISBN:
9780804782548
,
0804782547
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 251 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Teichman, Judith A., 1947- Social forces and states
DDC:
305.569
Keywords:
Poverty Case studies
;
Equality Case studies
;
Poverty Case studies
;
Equality Case studies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Economic history
;
Equality
;
Poverty
;
Social conditions
;
Case studies
;
Electronic books
;
Case studies
;
Korea (South) Social conditions
;
Korea (South) Economic conditions
;
Chile Social conditions
;
Chile Economic conditions
;
Mexico Social conditions
;
Mexico Economic conditions
;
Chile
;
Korea (South)
;
Mexico
;
Korea (South) Social conditions
;
Korea (South) Economic conditions
;
Chile Social conditions
;
Chile Economic conditions
;
Mexico Social conditions
;
Mexico Economic conditions
;
Chile
;
Korea (South)
;
Mexico
;
Electronic books Case studies
;
Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
Social forces and history : explaining divergent poverty and distributional outcomes -- South Korea : the historical origins of equitable growth -- Chile : the historical origins of inequality -- Mexico : the historical origins of poverty and inequality -- Social forces, the state, and distributional outcomes -- The 1980s and 1990s : economic and social outcomes diverge -- Social conditions and welfare regimes in the twenty first century.
Abstract:
With the failure of market reform to generate sustained growth in many countries of the Global South, poverty reduction has become an urgent moral and political issue in the last several decades. In practice, considerable research shows that high levels of inequality are likely to produce high levels of criminal and political violence. On the road to development, states cannot but grapple with the challenges posed by poverty and wealth distribution.Social Forces and States explains the reasons behind distinct distributional and poverty outcomes in three countries: South Kor
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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