Rich and Poor

1. Rich and Poor as Dividing and Integrating Forces of Society - Introduction.- Disparities Between Rich and Poor.- 2. "Poverties" and Wealth: Competing Definitions and Alternative Approaches to Measurement.- 3. Inequalities between Income and Wealth: The Case of Germany in 1998.- 4. Assessing Trends in Poverty in Australia.- 5. Divergence and Convergence of International Development: A Socio-economic Approach.- 6. Determinants of Internet Use in Switzerland: Structural Disparities and New Technologies.- Subjective Perceptions of Poverty and Wealth.- 7. Income and Satisfaction in Germany and Russia: A Comparison between Poor and Rich People.- 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.- 9. Subjective Poverty and Affluence in the Philippines.- 10. Subjective Well-being from Rich and Poor.- 11. The Income - Happiness Relationship.- Concomitant Circumstances of Socio-Economic Inequality.- 12. Intercontinental Disparities and Migration.- 13. Global Response to Poverty Alleviation: Challenges for Development NGOs in South Asia.- 14. Economic Growth and Social Polarisation under Globalisation: Some Evidence from Sri Lanka.- 15. Welfare Burden and the Disapproval of Redistribution: Two Sides of the Same Coin?.- 16. Welfare Production, Poverty and Wealth: A Comparative and Longitudinal Perspective.- Contributors.