This monograph initially offers a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of alternative notions of income polarization and related issues. It then goes on to analyze social polarization, ordinal polarization, and the relations between inequality polarization, fractionalization and likelihood of conflicts. Axiomatic approaches to the measurement of polarization from different perspectives are analyzed rigorously. In order to understand the difference between inequality and polarization, a discussion on income inequality is also included.

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This monograph initially offers a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of alternative notions of income polarization and related issues. It then goes on to analyze social polarization, ordinal polarization, and the relations between inequality polarization, fractionalization and likelihood of conflicts.

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Chapter 1. ​Measuring Inequality.- Chapter 2. On the Measurement of Income Bipolarization.- Chapter 3. Measurement of Income Multi-Polar Polarization.- Chapter 4. Reduced -Form Indices of Income Polarization.- Chapter 5. Social Polarization.- Chapter 6. Measurement of Polarization for a Dimension of Human Well-being with Ordinal Significance.- Chapter 7. Fractionalization, Polarization and Conflict.
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This monograph initially offers a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of alternative notions of income polarization and related issues. It then goes on to analyze social polarization, ordinal polarization, and the relations between inequality polarization, fractionalization and likelihood of conflicts. Axiomatic approaches to the measurement of polarization from different perspectives are analyzed rigorously. In order to understand the difference between inequality and polarization, a discussion on income inequality is also included.
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Offers an overview of recent developments in the area of, and discusses the relations between inequality, polarization, fractionalization and the potential for conflicts Presents an up-to-date, systematic treatment of income bipolarization and multi-polar polarization, social polarization, and ordinal polarization Employs an analytical and geometric methodology, explains technical terms and mathematical operations in a clear manner, and provides intuitive explanations of the mathematical results
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9788132229162
Publisert
2016-10-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer, India, Private Ltd
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biographical note

Satya R. Chakravarty is a Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. He has articles published in many internationally known journals and edited volumes on welfare issues, cooperative game theory, industrial organization and mathematical finance; and books published by Cambridge University Press and Springer. He is an Associate Editor of Social Choice and Welfare, a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Economic Inequality and a Co-editor of Economics –E Journal. He is a consultant to the Asian Development Bank, an external adviser of the World Bank and worked as an adviser of the National Council of Social Policy Evaluation, Mexico. He was awarded the Mahalanobis memorial prize by the Indian Econometric Society in 1994 and is a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association.