ISBN:
9781793642509
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (399 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.096
Keywords:
Social problems-Africa
;
Social problems-Latin America
;
Social problems-Caribbean Area
;
Africa-Social conditions
Abstract:
This book uniquely employs interdisciplinary, multiple-region, and comparative foci to study social issues, ranging from unemployment and domestic violence to neoextractivism and gender roles across two world regions from the Global South.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Part I: Economic Issues, Environment, and COVID-19 -- Part II: Suicide, Gender Roles, and Social Inequality -- Part III: Disputes and Contestations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Economic Issues, Environment, and COVID-19 -- Chapter 1: Permanent Crisis?: Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Permanent Crisis in the LAC Region? -- Per-capita Income, Poverty, and Inequality in LAC -- Who Lives in Poverty in the LAC Region? -- Inequality in LAC -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Poverty in SSA -- Inequality in SSA -- Conclusion and Discussion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Unemployment among Youth in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean -- Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Unemployment -- Technology and Youth Employment -- Youth Unemployment in Africa -- Addressing Youth Unemployment in Africa -- Youth Unemployment in LAC -- Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Unemployment in LAC -- Addressing Youth Unemployment in LAC -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Smallholder Agriculture in Environmental Conservation and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Rural Poverty in the ALAC Region -- Poverty and Social Problems in the ALAC Region -- Agricultural Production Mechanism in ALAC Countries-Smallholder Agriculture (SA) versus Large-Scale, Mechanized, Industrialized Agriculture (LSMA) -- The Role of Smallholder Agriculture in Food Production -- The Typology of Smallholder Agriculture -- Catalyzing Rural Poverty Alleviation: Smallholder Agriculture versus Large-Scale Mechanized Agriculture.
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