Structural inequality : origins and quests for solutions in old worlds and new / Roger D. Norton.
Norton, Roger D., 1942-
2022
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Title Structural inequality : origins and quests for solutions in old worlds and new / Roger D. Norton.
Author Norton, Roger D., 1942-
ISBN 9783031086335 (electronic bk.)
3031086333 (electronic bk.)
3031086325
9783031086328
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08633-5
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 332 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-08633-5 doi
Call Number HM821
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.01/1
Summary This is a very important book. It is must reading for anyone interested in the future of humanity, including the sources of global political instability. With great precision, Roger Norton unveils in front of our eyes ten country studies that connect structural national features with inequality and destitution. The analysis is rigorous, and the narrative is compelling. A valuable contribution to a topic that should be in everyones minds. -- Sebastian Edwards, Henry Ford II Distinguished Professor of International Economics, UCLA, USA Inequality stirs passions across the globe today, figures prominently in political discourse, generates fervid debate and popular protest, and is the theme of widely read scholarly publications. This book contributes to the burgeoning global dialogues and literature on economic inequality in a new way, identifying and addressing what may be called bedrock types of inequality whose origins are rooted in the history and culture of each country. These kinds of inequality strongly influence income distributions by strata, can be resistant to change, and require solutions beyond fiscal tax and expenditure policies. And it places the findings firmly in the realm of the relevant studies on the topics covered. The countries analyzed include South Korea, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Estonia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Yemen. Roger D. Norton currently holds a joint appointment in Texas A&M Universitys (USA) Agricultural Economics Department as a Research Professor and the Universitys Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Development. At the Borlaug Institute he is Director for the Center for Coffee Research and Education and concurrently Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. As principal investigator in the Institute he has led three coffee development projects in Central America, including one that is current, and two projects for other products, one in the Dominican Republic and the other for twelve countries worldwide. Professor Norton earned a Ph.D. in Economics at Johns Hopkins University.
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Preface
Yemen: Qat and Water
Arabia Felix
A Parched Village
A Legendary Dam
Old City
Roots of a Crisis
Perverse Policies
Dilemmas of Qat
Excursions in History
Markets for the Leaf
In the Crux Who Pays?
The Development Bargain
Estonia: Shaping Freedom
On Edge
A Different Kind of Capitalism
Northern Winter
Cathedral Mountains
Abandoned Lands
From Songs to Markets
Policies and Mindsets
Social Ills
Left Behind
A Strategy Takes Shape
Hope in the Potato Patches
Mexico and El Salvador: Yearnings for Education
Ragged Orator
Why Is It So Hard?
Honduras: Fights over Land
Hurricanes and Fire
A Colonial Heritage
Clamors for Land
Onions and Sugar Bricks
Voices of Farmers
Political Seasons
Shrimp Ponds
Presidential Deliberations
Confrontations
Polemics and Divisions
Fading Hopes
A Door Left Ajar
A Clearing
After a Lifetime
An Archbishops Warning
Shootout
An Ancient Divide
The Bishops World
Prophecy Fulfilled
Retrospect and Prospect
Pakistan and Bangladesh: A Dream Sundered
An Abstract Country
Pieces of a Puzzle A Feudal Valley
Monsoon
Storm Clouds
A Great River
Watery Lyrics
Struggles of Tigers and a Country
Staying Afloat
Human Development and Economic Growth
The Spirit of Baishakh
Peru: Inequality and Inca Technology
Altiplano
Puno
Iron Monsters
Land Invasions
Inca Engineering
Potatoes
A Festival of Youth
An Empty Wind
Alpaca Herders
Alfalfa and Cheese
Andean Paths
Connectivity
Nigeria: Policy Dilemmas
Tropical Dissonance
Workaday Lagos
Island of Sanity
Harmattan
Gin and Data
Project Designs
A Paradox
Sundays Peril
Paradox Resolved
Paradise Lost
In the Balance
South Korea: Pressurized Takeoff
A Sleep of Centuries
Village Life
Whiphand on the Economy
Abacus Power
Family Life
Smashing Traditions
Korean Hours
A House with a Garden
A Hermits Memory. Return to the Village
Success
Choices
Development Debates
Epilogue
Structural Inequality and Political Economy
Policies, Governance and Governments
Agriculture
The Steep Hill for Rural Women
Water, Trees and Elephants
Commitment and Conviction
Participation
Patience and Vision. .

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