Subject(s): Inequality -- Underdevelopment -- Gap between rich and poor countries :World economy, inequality in world income distribution, comparison of RGDP /pc and GNP/pc -- Domestic income inequality : Economic growth and income inequality, equity be a economic policy, inequality and insurgency, political violence- income inequality, regime repressiveness and economic development -- Classic thesis- convergence or divergence : Five stages of growth, productivity growth, convergence and welfare, world economic trends in distribution of income, world income inequality -- Culture and development : Achievement motive in economic growth, confucian ethic and economic growth, culture of poverty, effect of cultural values on economic development -- Dependency theory : Structure of dependency, American penetration and Canadian development case study of mature dependency, Irish case of dependency, foreign and domestic investment, income equality, development and dependence -- State, growth and inequality : Urban bias inequality, political regimes and economic growth, inequality as a constraint on growth in Latin America