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.
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
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: Нет в наличии.
Описание:
?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.
Название: The Contemporary Indian Family ISBN: 1138056103 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138056107 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyses the dynamics of the development of family structure in India in the last few decades. It captures the diversities and challenges of contemporary families and provides a culture and region-specific overview of how families adapt and change generationally.
Описание: This book studies how Development Induced Displacement (DID) radically restructures gender relations in indigenous tribal societies.
Название: The Contemporary Indian Family ISBN: 0367523264 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367523268 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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.
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