ISBN:
9783031080425
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 182 p. 12 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2023.
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Keywords:
World history.
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Social history.
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Sociology.
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Economic history.
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Race.
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Imperialism.
Abstract:
1. Introduction: Talking about Global Inequality; Christian Olaf Christiansen, Oliver Bugge Hunt, Melanie Lindbjerg Machado-Guichon, Sofía Mercader, Priyanka Jha -- Part I. Deep Roots: Legacies of Imperialism and Colonialism -- 2. Notes for a New History; Siep Sturrman -- 3. Poverty and Ideology: Historic Pathways; Julia McClure -- 4. Anti-Imperalism and Digging for the Bases of Power and Privilege; Göran Therborn -- 5. The Colonial Matrix of Power; Walter Mignolo -- 6. Colonial Logics and the Journey from Third World to the First, and Back Again; Tung-Yi Kho -- Part II. Unequal Entanglements: A Capitalist World System -- 7. Self-Interest and Similar Wealth Across Nations Equals World Peace; Branko Milanovic -- 8. An Analysis Built on Global Measurement; James K. Galbraith -- 9. How the Global Movement of Money and People Turns the World Upside Down; Alastair Greig -- 10. The Need to Centre Imperialism; Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven -- 11. The Crisis of Neoliberal Capitalism; Gilbert Achcar -- Part III. The Inertia of Hierarchies: Class, Caste, Race, Gender -- 12. Landscapes of Hierarchy; Dilip Menon -- 13. Experiences of Inequality from India, a Sociobiographical View; Krishnas Swamy Dara -- 14. Writing about Poverty and Caste as a Novelist and Cultural Critic; S. Shankar -- 15. Reflecting on my Experiences of Gender Inequality in Kenya and South Africa; Arabo K. Ewinyu -- 16. Global Resistances and Solidarities: A View from Nepal; Manushi Yami Bhattarai -- Part IV. Thinking Beyond Economics: The Politics of Inequalities -- 17. From Chile to New York: Systemic Corruption and Oligarchic Domination; Camila Vergara -- 18. Making the Familiar Strange: Anthropological Reflections; Tania Murray Li -- 19. From Buenos Aires to Belgrade; Agustín Cosovschi -- 20. Perspectives from The South: an Islander Woman Speaks; Sheila Bunwaree.
Abstract:
"This is an original endeavor. It is rare that we have an emerging scholarly field treated in this way, and the value of this project lies in bringing these authors together and to the attention of a wide academic audience." —Pedro Ramos Pinto, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge, UK "This book provides readers with a valuable overview of the current state of the field of studying global economic inequality. By bringing together various approaches from different theoretical and ideological perspectives, it serves as a crucial guide to understanding the various global facets of economic inequality. This book is essential reading and an enduring reference for future inequality research." —Michael J. Thompson, Professor, William Paterson University, USA Comprising a collection of interview essays with nineteen public intellectuals and scholars from around the world, this book reflects on some of the most pressing questions of our age: what is global inequality; what causes it; and how should we deal with it? Leading figures within the fields of History, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology and Postcolonial Studies, shed light on how their personal backgrounds, places of work, and hometowns have shaped their views on global inequality. We learn about the causes of global inequality, the historical factors that have shaped the world into an unequal place, and the challenges that humanity is confronted with in the face of the widening gap between the poor and the rich. Bringing together voices from the Global North and South, this book helps us to think more broadly about inequality and deepens our understanding of how this long-lasting phenomenon is, and has been, experienced across the globe. Christian Olaf Christiansen is an Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Mélanie Lindbjerg Machado-Guichon is a PhD fellow at Aarhus University, Denmark. Sofía Mercader is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark. Oliver Bugge Hunt is a PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark Priyanka Jha teaches at Banaras Hindu University, India.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-08042-5
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