Search

The article discusses the concept of Shapley value which is used for distributional analysis and inequality decomposition. It informs that author Tony Shorrocks was dissatisfied with various aspects of traditional inequality decomposition methods and wanted to know the link of various inequality factors with the marginal effect of those factors. It also informs the Shapley value formula was applied in the context of inequality and poverty measures.

Books reviewed in this article: Peter F. Guardino, Peasants, Politics, and the Formation of Mexico’s National State: Guerrero 1800–1857 Astvaldur Astvaldsson, Las voces de los wak’a Katherine Isbester, Still Fighting: The Nicaraguan Women’s Movement, 1977–2000 Marta R. Zabaleta, Feminine Stereotypes and Roles in Theory and Practice in Argentina Before and After the First Lady Eva Peron Jeffrey M. Pilcher, Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity Antoni Kapcia, Cuba: Island of Dreams Damián Fernández, Cuba and the Politics of Passion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Books reviewed: Lockhart, Of Things of the Indies: Essays Old and New in Early Latin American History . Barman, Citizen Emperor: Pedro II and the Making of Brazil, 1825–91 . Harding, A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness in Brazil . Buffington, Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico . Ochoa, Feeding Mexico: The Political Uses of Food since 1910 . Clarke, Class, Ethnicity, and Community in Southern Mexico: Oaxaca’s Peasantries . Rovira, Women of Maize: Indigenous Women and the Zapatista Rebellion . Assies, The Challenge of Diversity: Indigenous peoples and reform of the state in Latin America . Tulchin and Garland, Social Development in Latin America. The Politics of Reform . Gelles, Water and Power in Highland Peru: the Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Development . Starn, Nightwatch: the Politics of Protest in the Andes . Payne, Uncivil Movements: The Armed Right Wing and Democracy in Latin America . Silva, The Soldier and the State in South America: Essays in Civil-Military Relations . Roniger and Sznajder, The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay . Smith, Inevitable Partnership: Understanding Mexico-US Relations . Roniger and Sznajder, (eds.) Constructing Collective Identities and Shaping Public Spheres: Latin American Paths . Larraín, Identity and Modernity in Latin America . Caister, Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "I Die with My Country: Perspectives on the Paraguayan War 1864-1870," edited by H. Kray and Thomas L. Whigham.

The article reviews the book "Measuring Inequality," by Frank A. Cowell.

The article presents information on the material that was drawn by authors Lidia Ceriani and Paolo Verme from the book titled "Variabilitàe Mutabilità" by Corrado Gini. It informs that Ceriani and Verme have put a lot of efforts in choosing, translating and presenting Gini's excerpts and have mainly focused on the first part of the book which focuses on the celebrated index of Gini.

A review of the book "The Priest of Paraguay: Fernando Lugo and the Making of a Nation," by Hugh O'Shaughnessy and Edgard V. Ruíz Díaz is presented.

Reviews the book "Murder in Hollywood: Solving a Silent Screen Mystery," by Charles Higham.

Reviews the book "In the Realm of the Senses," by Joan Mellen.

Reviews the book "Advanced Mathematical Methods," by Adam Ostaszewski.

Reviews the book 'Ethical Social Index Numbers,' by Satya R. Chakravarty.

Reviews the book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," by J. K. Rowling

Reviews two books. "Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane": A Casebook," edited by James Naremore; "Despite the System: Orson Welles Versus the Hollywood Studios," by Clinton Heylin.

Reviews the book "The Producers: Money, Movies and Who Really Calls the Shots," by Tim Adler.

The article reviews the book "Optimal Control Theory and Static Optimization in Economics," by Daniel Leonard and Ngo Van Long.