Is this book available in Canada? Where?

At 03:27 AM 11/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>from Nancy Krieger...
>
>fyi ... a new book perhaps of interest to researchers studying the impact
>of economic deprivation & inequality on health, including the realities
>and perceptions of poverty and inequality ...
>
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>
>Rich and Poor
>Disparities, Perceptions, Concomitants
>
>edited by
>
>Wolfgang Glatzer
>Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universit
>ät, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
>
>SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH SERIES -- 15
>
>This book is concerned with the question of inequality - which points to a
>major structural problem in intra-national and inter-national respect. It
>covers the tension between the rich and poor in less developed countries
>as well as within richer countries in the process of globalisation. The
>main topics are the scope of disparities between the rich and poor,
>people's perception of wealth and poverty, and the concomitants of
>inequality which shape this relationship and influence its socio-economic
>consequences. In the tradition of social reporting, the book brings
>together authors from 15 countries, documenting a broad range of the
>international inequality debate. The results are related to the trends of
>socio-economic development, to statistical problems of measuring
>inequality, and to socio-political problems of integrating society in the
>facing the challenge of dividing forces. The book is of interest for
>everybody who wants to understand the tensions of modern world.
>
>CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
>
>1. Rich and Poor as Dividing and Integrating Forces of Society:
>Introduction; W. Glatzer. Disparities between Rich and Poor.
>
>2."Poverties" and Wealth: Competing Definitions and Alternative Approaches
>to Measurement; R.J. Estes.
>
>3. Inequalities between Income and Wealth: The Case of Germany in 1998; R.
>Hauser, I. Becker.
>
>4. Assessing Trends in Poverty in Australia; S. Horn, P. Whiteford.
>
>5. Divergence and Convergence of International Development: A
>Socio-economic Approach; K. Mazumdar.
>
>6. Determinants of Internet Use in Switzerland: Structural Disparities and
>New Technologies; V.K.Täube, D. Joye. Subjective Perceptions of Poverty
>and Wealth.
>
>7. Income and Satisfaction in Germany and Russia: A Comparison
>between Poor and Rich People; P. Schyns.
>
>8. Closing the Gap between Rich and Poor in South Africa: Trends in
>Objective and Subjective Indicators of Quality of Life in the October
>Household Survey; R. Devey, V.Møller.
>
>9. Subjective Poverty and Affluence in the Philippines; M. Mangahas.
>
>10. Subjective Well-being from Rich and Poor; R.A.Cummins.
>
>11. The Income - Happiness Relationship; R.A. Easterlin. Concomitant
>Circumstances of Socio-economic Inequality.
>
>12. Intercontinental Disparities and Migration; M. Moulai-Hadj.
>
>13. Global Response to Poverty Alleviation: Challenges for Development
>NGOs in South Asia; F. Hossain.
>
>14. Economic Growth and Social Polarisation under Globalism: Some Evidence
>from Sri Lanka; S.T. Hettige.
>
>15. Welfare Burden and the Disapproval of Redistribution: Two Sides of the
>Same Coin?; S. Mau.
>
>16. Welfare Production, Poverty and Wealth: A Comparitive and Longitudinal
>Perspective; J. Vogel. Contributors.
>
>
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