Subject(s): Income distribution -- Poverty -- Wealth -- Socio-Economic Inequality -- Rich and Poor -- Rich and poor as dividing and integrating forces of society -- Disparities between rich and poor : Poverties and wealth- competing definitions and alternative approaches to measurement , inequalities between income and wealth- case of Germany, assessing trends in poverty in Australia, divergence and convergence of international development- socio economic approach, determinants of internet use in Switzerland- structural disparities and new technologies -- Subjective perceptions of poverty and wealth : Income and satisfaction in Germany and Russi, closing the gap between rich and poor in south Africa - trends in objective and subjective indicators of quality of life in October household survey, subjective poverty and affluence in Philippines, subjective well being from rich and poor, income- happiness relationship -- Concomitant circumstances of socio economic inequality : Intercontinental disparities and migration, global response to poverty alleviation- challenges for development NGOs in south Asia, economic growth and social poliarization under globalization- some evidence from Sri Lanka, welfare burden and disapproval of redistribution, welfaare production, poverty and wealth- comparative and longitudinal perspective