Overcoming Inequality

Author : Immanuel Wallerstein,Christopher Chase-Dunn,Christian Suter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317254874

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Overcoming Global Inequalities by Immanuel Wallerstein,Christopher Chase-Dunn,Christian Suter Pdf

This book examines the changing nature of global inequalities and efforts that are being made to move toward a more egalitarian world society. The contributors are world historical sociologists and geographers who place the contemporary issues of unequal power, wealth and income in a global historical perspective. The geographers examine the roles of geopolitics and patterns of warfare in the historical development of the modern world-system, and the sociologists examine endeavours to improve the situations of poor peoples and nations and to engage the challenges of sustainability that are linked with global inequalities. Overcoming Global Inequalities contains cutting-edge research from engaged social scientists intended to help humanity deal with the challenges of global inequality in the 21st century.

Author : Ricardo Gottschalk,Patricia Justino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134230136

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Overcoming Inequality in Latin America by Ricardo Gottschalk,Patricia Justino Pdf

Latin America is faced with the challenge of achieving the Millennium Developmental Goal to halve poverty in the region by 2015. Historically, this region has experienced persistently high levels of inequality and poverty, the causes and consequences of which are analytically examined here. Adopting a multidimensional approach, this informative book focuses on the mechanisms that lead to higher inequality and emphasizes the role of macroeconomics, trade rules, capital flows and the political electoral process. It analyzes how inequality has hindered development, how it interacts with a nation’s economic, social and political processes, and how inequality constrains these processes in ways that weakens the prospect of establishing and sustaining a dynamic, wealthy and creative society. An international team of specialist contributors investigate and explain these crucial issues. Examining the key economic policies and reforms which have exacerbated the region’s extremely high inequality levels, throughout this book they prescribe an alternative range of policy suggestions to help alleviate inequality and provide the foundations for more equitable development.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264287457

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Educational Research and Innovation Educational Opportunity for All Overcoming Inequality throughout the Life Course by OECD Pdf

Equitable educational opportunities can help to promote long-lasting, inclusive economic growth and social cohesion. Successful education and skills policies can empower individuals to reach their full potential and enjoy the fruits of their labour, regardless of their circumstances at birth.

Author : Ramesh Srinivasan
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262539609

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Beyond the Valley by Ramesh Srinivasan Pdf

How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet. In this provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics, economics, and other inefficient, inharmonious human activities. We may love the immediacy of Google search results, the convenience of buying from Amazon, and the elegance and power of our Apple devices, but it's a one-way, top-down process. We're not asked for our input, or our opinions—only for our data. The internet is brought to us by wealthy technologists in Silicon Valley and China. It's time, Srinivasan argues, that we think in terms beyond the Valley. Srinivasan focuses on the disconnection he sees between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us. The recent Cambridge Analytica and Russian misinformation scandals exemplify the imbalance of a digital world that puts profits before inclusivity and democracy. In search of a more democratic internet, Srinivasan takes us to the mountains of Oaxaca, East and West Africa, China, Scandinavia, North America, and elsewhere, visiting the “design labs” of rural, low-income, and indigenous people around the world. He talks to a range of high-profile public figures—including Elizabeth Warren, David Axelrod, Eric Holder, Noam Chomsky, Lawrence Lessig, and the founders of Reddit, as well as community organizers, labor leaders, and human rights activists.. To make a better internet, Srinivasan says, we need a new ethic of diversity, openness, and inclusivity, empowering those now excluded from decisions about how technologies are designed, who profits from them, and who are surveilled and exploited by them.

Author : Immanuel Wallerstein,Christopher Chase-Dunn,Christian Suter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317254881

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Overcoming Global Inequalities by Immanuel Wallerstein,Christopher Chase-Dunn,Christian Suter Pdf

This book examines the changing nature of global inequalities and efforts that are being made to move toward a more egalitarian world society. The contributors are world historical sociologists and geographers who place the contemporary issues of unequal power, wealth and income in a global historical perspective. The geographers examine the roles of geopolitics and patterns of warfare in the historical development of the modern world-system, and the sociologists examine endeavours to improve the situations of poor peoples and nations and to engage the challenges of sustainability that are linked with global inequalities. Overcoming Global Inequalities contains cutting-edge research from engaged social scientists intended to help humanity deal with the challenges of global inequality in the 21st century.

Author : United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210021609

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Overcoming Inequalities: Towards a New Eco-social Contract by United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Pdf

This Strategy sets out the priorities and themes of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development over the period 2021–2025. It integrates research, communications, policy engagement, results and impact—and is calibrated against the fast-moving social, economic and political context as it impacts on development. It is the product of work with a wide range of stakeholders, and takes on board policy concerns and academic debates. We aim to fill identified knowledge gaps and also to anticipate fast-evolving social issues that are not yet in the mainstream. We are proud to have been doing this important work since 1963, and look forward to celebrating the 60th Anniversary of UNRISD in 2023, the mid-point of this Strategy period.

Author : Rocio Garcia-Carrion,Roseli Rodrigues De Mello,Arnetha F. Ball
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889636068

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Overcoming Inequalities in Schools and Learning Communities: Innovative Education for a New Century by Rocio Garcia-Carrion,Roseli Rodrigues De Mello,Arnetha F. Ball Pdf

Educational inequalities have strongly impacted disadvantaged and underservedpopulations such us indigenous, Roma, migrant children, students with disabilities,and those affected by poverty. A wide array of research has contributed toexplaining the mechanisms and effects of inequalities in the achievement patterns,dropout rates, disengagement in the school experiences of children and youthtraditionally excluded. Research also suggests the negative consequences for childdevelopment – including cognitive, language, and social–emotional functioning – ofpoverty and lack of quality education in the early years. Consequently, the currentunequal access to optimal learning environments for every single child to succeedin education and to have a better life perpetuates the exclusion and neglects theright to education for those minorities. This Research Topic aims at moving beyondcauses and shed light upon effective solutions by providing successful pathways forintegration and inclusion of the learners most heavily affected. Scholars worldwide are looking for successful actions with children, youth, andcommunities of learners historically underserved to overcome educational andsocial exclusion. These transformative approaches go beyond the deficit thinkingand are grounded in theories, empirical evidence, and multidisciplinary interventionsoriented towards achieving social impact, which refers to the extent to which thoseactions have contributed to improve a societal challenge. The international networkof “Schools as Learning Communities” is advancing knowledge on deepening andexpanding the impact of what has been defined as Successful Educational Actions(SEAs); that is, those interventions that improve students’ achievement and socialcohesion and inclusion in many diverse contexts, regardless the socioeconomic,national, and cultural environment of schools. Drawing on the evidence generated by this network of researchers to address the globalchallenge of inequality by studying educational actions oriented towards achievingsocial impact and potentially transferrable to other contexts, this Research Topic aimsat deepening on this approach. In short, our purpose is that the contributions includedin this Research Topic contribute to reduce educational and social inequalities andespecially benefit those populations most in need.

Author : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein,Senior Researcher Immanuel Wallerstein,Chase-Dunn Christopher,Christian Suter
Publisher : Paradigm Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Equality
ISBN : 1612056768

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Overcoming Global Inequalities by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein,Senior Researcher Immanuel Wallerstein,Chase-Dunn Christopher,Christian Suter Pdf

This book examines the changing nature of global inequalities and efforts that are being made to move toward a more egalitarian world society. The contributors are world historical sociologists and geographers who place the contemporary issues of unequal power, wealth, and income in a global historical perspective. The geographers examine the roles of geopolitics and patterns of warfare in the historical development of the modern world-system, and the sociologists examine endeavors to improve the situations of poor peoples and nations and to engage the challenges of sustainability that are linked with global inequalities. This is cutting-edge research from engaged social scientists intended to help humanity deal with the challenges of global inequality in the 21st century.

Author : Edward Barbier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137403391

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Nature and Wealth by Edward Barbier Pdf

Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies.

Author : Collectif
Publisher : OECD
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789264287464

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Educational Opportunity for All by Collectif Pdf

Equitable educational opportunities can help to promote long-lasting, inclusive economic growth and social cohesion. Successful education and skills policies can empower individuals to reach their full potential and enjoy the fruits of their labour, regardless of their circumstances at birth. However, as this report shows, far too many children, students and adults from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds fall behind. In many countries, substantial learning gaps exist between students at opposite ends of the socio-economic scale, and these differences tend to increase in the transition into adulthood. All countries have ample room for improvement to ensure better learning outcomes for all. Early childhood education has been identified as an important element in future success, and requires investment, as do family and community-based support and programmes for children from families that have not attained a high level of education and skills. In the schools, targeted support is necessary for low performers from disadvantaged backgrounds and for poorly performing schools. As for the adult population, learning should be focused on improving employability, through a combination of education and practical job training. Barriers to participation in learning need to be removed, and delivery methods need to be more innovative and flexible. Targeted support is needed for the most vulnerable members of society.

Author : Patricia M. Flynn,Kathryn Haynes,Maureen A. Kilgour
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351285308

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Overcoming Challenges to Gender Equality in the Workplace by Patricia M. Flynn,Kathryn Haynes,Maureen A. Kilgour Pdf

Many businesses and organizations are increasingly aware of the case for promoting gender equality, both within and outside their organizational boundaries. Evidence suggests that gender equality in the workplace boosts performance, and legal frameworks in many countries mandate specific action on gender inequality in the workplace. However, despite organizational policies on promoting equality and equal opportunities, there remain challenges to be overcome in many businesses, including throughout their supply chains. The book provides research rationales as to why responsible organizations must address the issue of gender equality in the workplace. It also presents case studies, action research and examples of good practices, describing how businesses and organizations are working to promote gender equality in various contexts. The book is designed to support the rationale for gender equality in business and organizations, providing evidence of implementation of gender equality in the workplace and advice on how to deal with and overcome challenges. It will be of interest to academics, employees, practitioners, policy-makers, businesses, institutions and organizations.

Author : Valpy FitzGerald,Judith Heyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230306721

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Overcoming the Persistence of Inequality and Poverty by Valpy FitzGerald,Judith Heyer Pdf

International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality

Author : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein,Structures of the World Political Economy and Future Global Conflict and Cooperation (Conference) (2013, University of California, Riverside)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1612053009

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Overcoming Global Inequalities by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein,Structures of the World Political Economy and Future Global Conflict and Cooperation (Conference) (2013, University of California, Riverside) Pdf

Author : Sam Pizzigati
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114291482

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Greed and Good by Sam Pizzigati Pdf

Should we care that wealth in the United States is unequally distributed ” and getting more so every year? Should we worry that America's most wealthy, in just a generation, have more than doubled their share of the nation's wealth?Our nation's highest leaders certainly don't think so. They either ignore, or dismiss, the huge gaps in income and wealth that divide us. But these gaps, author Sam Pizzigati shows in his compelling new book, are undermining nearly every aspect of our lives, from our health to our happiness, from our professions to our pastimes, from our arts to our Earth.Greed and Good both reveals the horrific price we pay for tolerating inequality and dissects the case for greed, the old saws that apologists for inequality regularly trot out to justify the mammoth concentrations of wealth that tower all around us. These concentrations, Greed and Good argues, can and must be cut down to democratic size. And Greed and Good, in clear-headed and fascinating prose, even shows how.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Basic education
ISBN : UOM:39015079215078

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Overcoming Inequality by Anonim Pdf

Despite much progress since 2000, millions of children, youth and adults still lack access to good quality education and the benefits it brings. This inequality of opportunity is undermining progress towards achieving Education for All by 2015. This report addresses the questions: Who are these individuals and groups? What are the obstacles they face? How can governance policies help break the cycle of disadvantage and poverty? What policies work? Is education reform integrated into the bigger picture? Is the international community making good on its commitments?