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Part 1 The Gap Between Rich and Poor: The Dual Gaps - An Overview ofTheory and Research, M. Siligson; The Gap Between Rich and PoorCountries, D. Morawetz; The Persistence of the Gap - Taking Stock ofEconomic Growth in the Post-World War II Era, J.T. Passe-Smith; IncomeInequality - Some Dimensions of the Problem, M. Ahluwalia. Part 2 TheClassic Thesis: Catching Up, Forging Ahead and Falling Behind, M.Abramovitz; Economic Growth and Income Inequality, S. Kuznets;Productivity Growth, Convergence and Welfare - What the Long-Run DataShow, W. Baumol; Productivity Growth, Convergence and Welfare -Comment, B.J. DeLong; The Re-Emergence of the Purchasing Power ParityDoctrine in the 1970s, L.T. Katseli-Papaefstraiou; Could it be that theWhole World is Already Developed? A Comparison of PPP and GNP/pcMeasures, J.T. Passe-Smith; Basic Needs and Growth-Welfare Trade-Offs,B.E. Moon and W.J. Dixon. Part 3 Culture and Development: TheAchievement Motive in Economic Growth, D. McClelland; Becoming Modern,A. Inkeles and D. Smith; The Confucian Ethic and Economic Growth, H.Kahn; Development as a State of Mind, L. Harrison; On the Sociology ofNational Development - Theories and Development, A. Portes. Part 4Dependency and World Systems Theory: The Structure of Dependence, T.dos Santos; Modernisation and Dependency - Alternative Perspectives inthe Study of Latin American Under-Development, J.S. Valenzuela and A.Valenzuela; The Present State of the Debate on World Inequality, I.Wallerstein; Wallerstein's World Capitalist System - A Theoretical andHistorical Critique, T. Skocpol; Transnational Corporations andEconomic Growth, V. Bornschier and C. Chase-Dunn; Financial Dependencein the Capitalist World Economy and the Distribution of Income WithinStates, E.N. Muller; The Irish Case of Dependency - An Exception to theException, D. O' Ilearn; Big Business and the State, G. Gereffi;Socioeconomic and Political Roots of National Revolts in CentralAmerica, J.A. Booth. Part 5 The State, Growth and Inequality -Democracy, Urban Bias and Rent Seeking: Governments and AgriculturalMarkets in Africa, R. Bates; Promoting Economic Opportunities for thePoor - "World Development Report, 1990". Rent Seeking or Dependency asExplanations for Growth and Inequality, E. Weede; New Seeds and PoorPeople, M. Lipton; Urban Bias and Economic Growth in Cross-NationalPerspective, E. Weede; The Effects of Democracy on Inequality, L.Sirowy and A. Inkeles; Dragons in Distress - Asia's Miracle Economiesin Crisis, W. Bello and S. Rosenfeld. Part 6 Conclusion: Inequality ina Global Perspective - Directions for Further Research, M.A. Seligson.