Globalization and Inequality

Contents: Preface. 1. Globalization and inequality. 2. Inequalities in the light of globalization. 3. Globalization, poverty and inequality. 4. Cross-national studies of income distribution. 5. Globalization and inequality in the developing world. 6. Globalization, rising inequality, and new insecurities in India. 7. The economic dimensions globalization and inequalities. 8. Globalization: threat or opportunity?

"This book deals with these and some other questions of globalization and inequality. Trade policy has not been shown to have any major impact on economic inequalities. Selection of the material on the topic has been mainly confined to the course constants of the universities in India and abroad. Efforts have been made to prepare a student friendly volume. General reader will also find it extremely useful." (jacket)