Two of India's leading economists argue that, despite economic development, there must be a greater understanding of inequalities in India When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial subjugation, it immediately - and quite successfully - adopted a firml…
The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost expe…
by Quagliariello, Chiara, Kline, Nolan, DeBono, Daniela, Ferrero, Laura, Vargas, Ana Cristina, Barbosa, Tatiane, Cingolani, Pietro, Goldberg, Alejandro, Kerbage, Hala, Marranconi, Filippo, Martin, Denise, Silveira, Cássio, Viladrich, Anahí
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Based on extensive field research, the essays in this volume illuminate the experiences of migrants from their own point of view, providing a critical understanding of the complex social reality in which each experience is grounded. Access to medical care for migrants is a funda…
Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. This book s…
In The Haves and the Have-Nots, Branko Milanovic explains how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time. He uses history, literature and stories straight out of today’s newspapers, to discuss one of the major divisions in our social lives: between the …
In 1900 the global average life expectancy at birth was thirty-one years. By 2000 it was sixty-six. Yet, alongside unprecedented improvements in longevity and material well-being, the twentieth century also saw the rise of fascism and communism and a second world war followed …
This book explores the use of communication to transform global, national, and local structures of power that create and sustain oppressive conditions. Author Mohan J. Dutta describes the social challenges that exist in current globalization politics, and examines the communic…
The book will enhance understanding of the constraints and barriers that confine women to more poorly remunerated, more casual and more insecure forms of waged and self-employment, and of what this implies for women’s ability to provide for their families and cope with insecurit…
During the late 1990s, the Northern Bhutanese enacted policies marginalizing Bhutanese of Nepali Descent. Thousands of Bhutanese refugees were forcibly displaced to Nepal and established refugee camps where they lived for decades. While in the camps, refugees encountered traumat…
