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BL
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963824
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b718194
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| Title & Author
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The social economics of poverty : : on identities, communities, groups, and networks /\ edited by Christopher B. Barrett.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Priorities in development economics
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1 online resource (xviii, 409 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0203799658
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0415700884
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0415700892
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9780415700887
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9780415700894
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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On the relevance of identities, communities, groups, and networks to the economics of poverty alleviation / Christopher B. Barrett -- Toward an economic theory of dysfunctional identity / Hanming Fang and Glenn C. Loury -- Polarization : concepts, measurement, estimation / Jean-Yves Duclos, Joan Esteban and Debraj Ray -- Evolutionary equilibrium with forward-looking players / Lawrence E. Blume -- Is inequality an evolutionary universal? / Samuel Bowles -- Bridging communal divides : separation, patronage, integration / Indraneel Dasgupta and Ravi Kanbur -- The extended family system and market interactions / Karla Hoff and Arijit Sen -- Social divisions within schools : how school policies can affect students' identities and educational choices / George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton -- Smallholder identities and social networks : the challenge of improving productivity and welfare / Christopher B. Barrett -- Social networks in Ghana / Christopher R. Udry and Timothy G. Conley -- Coping with disaster : morals, markets and mutual insurance : using economic experiments to study recovery from Hurricane Mitch / Michael R. Carter and Marco Castillo -- The role of ethnicity and networks in agricultural trade : evidence from Africa / Marcel Fafchamps -- Altruism, household co-residence and women's health investment in rural Bangladesh / Andrew D. Foster -- Self-help groups and income generation in the informal settlements of Nairobi / Eliana La Ferrara -- Community ties and land inheritance in the context of rising outside opportunities : evidence from the Peruvian highlands / Tatiana Goetghebuer and Jean-Philippe Platteau.
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| Abstract
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This title presents an analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour, questioning the application of standard neo-classical assumptions to communities with widespread disparity of income.
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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Human behavior-- Economic aspects.
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Poverty.
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Comportement humain-- Aspect économique.
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Économie politique-- Aspect sociologique.
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Pauvreté
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Armut
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Economics-- Sociological aspects.
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Gemeinschaft
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Human behavior-- Economic aspects.
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Identität
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Notlage
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Poverty.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Soziales Netzwerk
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Soziokultureller Faktor
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Wirtschaftliches Verhalten
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Wirtschaftstheorie
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Armoede.
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Sociale politiek.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3
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| LC Classification
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HM548.S6 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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83.14bcl
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| Added Entry
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Barrett, Christopher B., (Christopher Brendan)
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