The age of extremes: concentrated affluence and poverty in the twenty-first century.

The text of the presidential address delivered at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America in New Orleans, Louisiana, is presented. The writer argues that rising income inequality, urbanization, and increasing class segregation have produced a geographic concentration of poverty...

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Publicado en:Demography Vol. 33; pp. 395 - 413
Autor principal: Massey, Douglas S.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. November 1996
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