Histories of Global Inequality
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This book argues that inequality is not just about numbers, but is also about lived, historical experience. It supplements economic research and offers a comprehensive stocktaking of existing thinking on global inequality and its historical development. The book is interdisciplinary, drawing upon regional and national perspectives from around the world while seeking to capture the multidimensionality and multi-causality of global inequalities. Grappling with what economics offers – as well as its blind spots – the study focuses on some of today’s most relevant and pressing themes: discrimination and human rights, defences and critiques of inequality in history, decolonization, international organizations, gender theory, the history of quantification of inequality and the history of economic thought. The historical case studies featured respond to the need for wider historical research and to calls to examine global inequality in a more holistic manner.
The Introduction 'Chapter 1 Histories of Global Inequality: Introduction' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.
Singles out some of the most pressing themes in historical research on global inequality today
Brings together fourteen essays from specialists across the history of inequality, of human rights, of decolonization and social movements, and of the contemporary history of global governance
Presents a broad range of geographical contexts using qualitative approaches, supporting existing data sets and statistical overviews
Singles out some of the most pressing themes in historical research on global inequality today Brings together fourteen essays from specialists across the history of inequality, of human rights, of decolonization and social movements, and of the contemporary history of global governance Presents a broad range of geographical contexts using qualitative approaches, supporting existing data sets and statistical overviews
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Christian Olaf Christiansen
Themen in »Histories of Global Inequality«
Defences and critiques of inequality Decolonization Rise of new elites Race, caste, gender Institutions, international organizations Discrimination Civil rights Environmental change Quantifying inequality Life expectancy Technology Wealth Rich-poor gap, disparity
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“Thirteen papers offer a historical approach to global inequalities that supplements the existing economic research literature, focusing on themes such as decolonization, international organizations, gender theory, discrimination and human rights, the history of measurement of inequality, and the history of economic thought.” (Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 59 (2), June, 2021)
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