Pani, Narendar
(2017)
Normative and Descriptive Inequalities (NIAS Working Paper No.: WP8-2017).
Working Paper.
NIAS, Bangalore.
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| Abstract: |
The study of inequality, particularly since
the second half of the twentieth century,
has been marked by a considerable degree
of fragmentation. The diverse concerns
of economic, social, political, ecological
and several other inequalities are usually
addressed with the skills of very different
disciplines. A significant portion of the
work of economists has been on the
measurement of poverty while political
scientists may be more interested in the
politics of redistribution These divergent
interests influence the choice of indicators
of inequality: economists have tended
to focus almost entirely on income or
wealth,2 even as the study of affirmative
action has concentrated on representation
in educational and political institutions,
and those looking at social deprivation
have considered the exclusion of
particular social groups. These indicators
are typically not comparable, and need
not even move in the same direction.
A Gini coefficient of income inequality
is not quite comparable to a measure
that estimates inter-racial violence. This
divergence in indicators is not entirely unrelated to reality. Inequalities do take
very diverse and inconsistent forms. A
tribal leader in a remote forest would
usually earn far less than the lowest paid
government worker, but she may well
have an overwhelming advantage over
the government worker in terms of status
in the local community. In the midst of
a reality marked by inherent and sharp
differences it is usually convenient to deal
with each form of inequality separately |
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| Subjects: |
School of Social Sciences > Inequality
Programmes > Inequality and Human Development Programme |
| Date Deposited: |
05 Feb 2021 11:40 |
| Last Modified: |
20 Dec 2023 05:59 |
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http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/2054 |
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