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Inequality, Polarization and Conflict

An Analytical Study

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Authors:
  1. Satya R. Chakravarty

    1. Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

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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

Part of the book series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being (EIAP, volume 12)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Measuring Income Inequality

    • Satya R. Chakravarty
    Pages 1-31

  3. On the Measurement of Income Bipolarization

    • Satya R. Chakravarty
    Pages 33-51

  4. Measurement of Income Multipolar Polarization

    • Satya R. Chakravarty
    Pages 53-62

  5. Reduced-Form Indices of Income Polarization

    • Satya R. Chakravarty
    Pages 63-76

  6. Social Polarization

    • Satya R. Chakravarty
    Pages 77-95

  7. Measuring Polarization for a Dimension of Human Well-being with Ordinal Significance

    • Satya R. Chakravarty
    Pages 97-108

  8. Fractionalization, Polarization, and Conflict

    • Satya R. Chakravarty
    Pages 109-120

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 121-137
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

    Satya R. Chakravarty

About the author

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.

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