Title | Rich and Poor [electronic resource] : Disparities, Perceptions, Concomitants / edited by Wolfgang Glatzer |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0257-8 |
Descript | VII, 277 p. online resource |
1. Rich and Poor as Dividing and Integrating Forces of Society โ Introduction -- Disparities Between Rich and Poor -- 2. โPovertiesโ and Wealth: Competing Definitions and Alternative Approaches to Measurement -- 3. Inequalities between Income and Wealth: The Case of Germany in 1998 -- 4. Assessing Trends in Poverty in Australia -- 5. Divergence and Convergence of International Development: A Socio-economic Approach -- 6. Determinants of Internet Use in Switzerland: Structural Disparities and New Technologies -- Subjective Perceptions of Poverty and Wealth -- 7. Income and Satisfaction in Germany and Russia: A Comparison between Poor and Rich People -- 8. Closing the Gap between Rich and Poor in South Africa: Trends in Objective and Subjective Indicators of Quality of Life in the October Household Survey -- 9. Subjective Poverty and Affluence in the Philippines -- 10. Subjective Well-being from Rich and Poor -- 11. The Income โ Happiness Relationship -- Concomitant Circumstances of Socio-Economic Inequality -- 12. Intercontinental Disparities and Migration -- 13. Global Response to Poverty Alleviation: Challenges for Development NGOs in South Asia -- 14. Economic Growth and Social Polarisation under Globalisation: Some Evidence from Sri Lanka -- 15. Welfare Burden and the Disapproval of Redistribution: Two Sides of the Same Coin? -- 16. Welfare Production, Poverty and Wealth: A Comparative and Longitudinal Perspective -- Contributors