Poverty and inequality /
edited by David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur ; essays by Amartya Sen ... [et al.].
- p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The conceptual foundations of poverty and inequality measurement / David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur -- Conceptualizing and measuring poverty / Amartya Sen -- Poverty and human functioning : capabilities as fundamental entitlements / Martha C. Nussbaum -- From income to endowments : the difficult task of expanding the income poverty paradigm / Franois Bourguignon -- Social theory and the concept "underclass" / William J. Wilson -- Race, class, and markets : social policy in the 21st century / Douglas S. Massey -- Dependency and social debt / Martha A. Fineman.