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.
| ISBN: | 9788132229162 |
| Publication date: | 29th October 2016 |
| Author: | Satya R Chakravarty |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer India |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 137 pages |
| Series: | Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being |
| Genres: |
Development economics and emerging economies Political economy Social welfare and social services Regional, state and other local government Economic theory and philosophy Labour / income economics |