Inequality, Polarization and Conflict: An Analytical Study (Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being Book 12)

This monograph initially offers a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of alternative notions of income polarization and related issues. It then goes on to analyze social polarization, ordinal polarization, and the relations between inequality polarization, fractionalization and likelihood of conflicts. Axiomatic approaches to the measurement of polarization from different perspectives are analyzed rigorously. In order to understand the difference between inequality and polarization, a discussion on income inequality is also included. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Measuring Income Inequality....Pages 1-31 On the Measurement of Income Bipolarization....Pages 33-51 Measurement of Income Multipolar Polarization....Pages 53-62 Reduced-Form Indices of Income Polarization....Pages 63-76 Social Polarization....Pages 77-95 Measuring Polarization for a Dimension of Human Well-being with Ordinal Significance....Pages 97-108 Fractionalization, Polarization, and Conflict....Pages 109-120 Back Matter....Pages 121-137