Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe
A World of Difference
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Product details:
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 25 March 2004
- ISBN 9780199267668
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages262 pages
- Size 216x138x18 mm
- Weight 446 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous tables and figures 0
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Short description:
In this this timely study of the different approaches of America and Europe to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty, the authors describe just how different the two continents are in the level of State engagement in the redistribution of income. They discuss various possible economic and sociological explanations for the difference, including different attitudes to the poor, notions of social responsibility, and attitudes to race.
MoreLong description:
As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty.
Based on careful and systematic analysis of national data, the authors describe just how much the two continents differ in their level of State engagement in the redistribution of income. Discussing various possible economic explanations for the difference, they cover different levels of pre-tax income, openness, and social mobility; they survey politico-historical differences such as the varying physical size of nations, their electoral and legal systems, and the character of their political
parties, as well as their experiences of war; and they examine sociological explanations, which include different attitudes to the poor and notions of social responsibility. Most importantly, they address attitudes to race, calculating that attitudes to race explain half the observed difference in
levels of public redistribution of income.
... remarkable book ... Mr Alesina and Mr Glaeser, both Harvard economists, are doing what the best in their profession do well these days: seeking to explain society not merely with conventional economic tools but with analysis of institutions, geography and social behaviour.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Redistribution in the United Sates and Europe: the data
Economic explanations
Political institutions and redistribution
The origin of political institutions
Race and redistribution
The Ideology of Redistribution
Conclusions
Index
