Is globalisation creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of inequality more morally or politically significant than they would otherwise have been? Globalisation and Equality examines these and related questions, exploring the way increasing globalisation is challenging our conceptions of equality. The contributors explore these themes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Some adopt a more abstract approach, exploring foundational questions concerning the meaning of equality, its social and...
Is globalisation creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of inequality more mor...
Born Fighting an Uphill Battle... If you're a young African-American male today, you're more likely to grow up in a single-parent home, drop out of school, go to prison, or die from a gunshot wound than any other ethnic group in the United States. And if you're a good kid? You're likely to be perceived as stupid by your teachers, and people still are going to cross the street when they see you coming. It's almost enough to make you give up. After all, what's the point? Author Keith Horton has been there. And he's here to tell you there IS a point. So the odds are stacked against...
Born Fighting an Uphill Battle... If you're a young African-American male today, you're more likely to grow up in a single-parent home, drop out o...
This book is perfectly designed for those folks who want an honest and straightforward assessment of the Black community, plus some possible solutions, from an average black man.
This book is perfectly designed for those folks who want an honest and straightforward assessment of the Black community, plus some possible solutions...
In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) involved in international relief and development. These changes have led to increased scrutiny of such organisations, and this scrutiny, together with increasing reflection by INGOs themselves and their staff on their own practice, has helped to highlight a number of pressing ethical questions such organisations face, such as: should INGOs attempt to provide emergency assistance even when doing so risks helping to fuel further conflict? How should...
In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) involv...
