Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world.
Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The "Four Horsemen" of leveling--mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues--have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future.
An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent--and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon.
Описание: This timely volume advances the discussion of recession effects on young people`s lives by providing a better understanding of their dynamic and contextualized impact across multiple domains of youth adjustment. With a robust evidence base and cross-country comparisons, it will be relevant to social scientists and policy makers alike.
Описание: This book examines energy transition issues within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. The focus on a variety of issues connected to energy transition and systematic analyses of the different CEE countries make it an ideal reference for anyone with a general interest in the region or European energy transition.
Автор: Sharada Srinivasan; Shuzhuo Li Название: Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India ISBN: 3319632744 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319632742 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: It discusses how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to economic development and globalization, gender, class, caste, families, migration and work.
Описание: Chapter 1 THE THREE DEMOGRAPHIC GIANTS Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Gavin W. Jones Part I: Mortality Chapter 2 RECENT MORTALITY TRENDS IN CHINA Zhongwei Zhao, Wei Chen and Yongai Jin Chapter 3 TRENDS IN MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS IN INDIA Nandita Saikia Chapter 4 MORTALITY TRENDS IN INDONESIA Soeharsono Soemantri and Tien Afifa Chapter 5 MORTALITY SECTION - OVERVIEW Christophe Z. GuilmotoPart II: Fertility Chapter 6 UNDERSTANDING FERTILITY TRENDS IN CHINA Zhigang Guo Chapter 7 THE PAST AND FUTURE OF FERTILITY CHANGE IN INDIA Christophe Z. Guilmoto Chapter 8 INDONESIA'S FERTILITY LEVELS, TRENDS AND DETERMINANTS: DILEMMAS OF ANALYSIS Terence Hull Chapter 9 FERTILITY SECTION - OVERVIEW Christophe Z. Guilmoto Part III: Education Chapter 10 EDUCATIONAL EXPANSION IN CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM THE 2010 CENSUS Zhao Litao Chapter 11 EDUCATION TRENDS IN INDIA: RECENT CENSUS RESULTS IN CONTEXT 1 Bilal Barakat Chapter 12 EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: TRENDS, DIFFERENTIALS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT Gavin Jones and Devanto Pratomo Chapter 13 EDUCATION SECTION - OVERVIEW Divya Ramchand Part IV: Migration Chapter 14 INTERNAL MIGRATION IN CHINA: CHANGES AND TRENDS Zhenzhen Zheng and Ge Yang Chapter 15 CHANGING PATTERN OF INTERNAL MIGRATION IN INDIA Ram B. Bhagat Chapter 16 DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF INDONESIA'S URBANIZATION, 2000-2010: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE AT THE MACRO LEVEL Tommy Firman Chapter 17 MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION SECTION - OVERVIEW Gavin W. Jones Part V: Aging Chapter 18 POPULATION AGING IN CHINA: A SKETCH Baochang Gu Chapter 19 PERSPECTIVES ON OLD AGE IN INDIA Premchand Dommaraju Chapter 20 THE PAST THREE POPULATION CENSUSES: A DEEPENING AGEING POPULATION IN INDONESIA Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta Chapter 21 AGEING SECTION - OVERVIEW Gavin W. Jones Chapter 22 OBSERVATIONS ON POPULATION CHANGE AND HUMAN CAPITAL IN ASIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC GIANTS Geoffrey McNicoll
Автор: Sharada Srinivasan; Shuzhuo Li Название: Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India ISBN: 3319875159 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319875156 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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?This volume documents how families, communities and some groups (single men, young ‘scarce’ women, parents) adapt and adjust to recent demographic shifts in China and India. It discusses how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to economic development and globalization, gender, class, caste, families, migration and work. The chapters offer micro-level analyses contextualized in larger processes of change and push further existing understandings of the consequences of the demographic imbalance between men and women in China and/or India, particularly from a gender perspective. As such this book will be of interest to scholars and students in population studies, sociology, international development, gender studies, and Asian studies.
Описание: This book studies how Development Induced Displacement (DID) radically restructures gender relations in indigenous tribal societies.
Название: Mining, Displacement, and Matriliny in Meghalaya ISBN: 0367711281 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367711283 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines how China`s decentralization process has affected and will affect the country`s macroeconomic performance and the functioning of the market. This text applies game theory to develop an analytical framework.
Автор: Kumar, Parmod (parmod Kumar, Professor And Head, Agricultural Development And Rural Transformation Centre, Institute For Social And Economic Change, B Название: Mgnrega: employment, wages and migration in rural india ISBN: 113848850X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138488502 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume analyzes the history, objectives and impact of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) since its enactment. It looks at various aspects of the scheme, its linkage with employment, agricultural wages, food security and migration in rural India, using exhaustive empirical data from over 16 states in the country.
Автор: Nakray Название: Social and Economic Transitions in China and India ISBN: 9811961263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811961267 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 22359.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book conducts a comparative analysis of social and economic changes in the welfare state transformations in China and India, at national and sub-national levels. Discussions are made based on impacts from the social and economic changes in the last century and the fourth industrial revolution on welfare state transformations in China and India, the world's two largest countries in terms of population and density. First-hand empirical work is conducted by a group of scholars from India and China, which draws on inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural academic traditions to deepen social, cultural and legal understanding between the two countries. This book would appeal to undergraduate and graduate students in comparative sociology, political science, law and comparative welfare studies as well as researchers in these fields, as well as researchers in policy think-tanks and research institutes and officials in government and non-governmental organizations.
Название: Making a difference? ISBN: 178238457X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782384571 Издательство: Berghahn Рейтинг: Цена: 16988.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Social assessment for projects in China is an important emerging field. This collection of essays — from authors whose formative work has influenced the policies that shape practice in development-affected communities — locates recent Chinese experience of the development of social assessment practices (including in displacement and resettlement) in a historical and comparative perspective. Contributors — social scientists employed by international development banks, national government agencies, and sub-contracting groups — examine projects from a practitioner’s perspective. Real-life experiences are presented as case-specific praxis, theoretically informed insight, and pragmatic lessons-learned, grounded in the history of this field of development practice. They reflect on work where economic determinism reigns supreme, yet project failure or success often hinges upon sociopolitical and cultural factors.
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