Histories of Global Inequality
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
| ISBN: | 9783030191658 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 335 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Christiansen, Christian Olaf Jensen, Steven L. B. |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 14.08.2020 |
| Untertitel: | New Perspectives |
| Schlagworte: | Civil rights Decolonization Defences and critiques of inequality Discrimination Environmental change Institutions, international organizations Life expectancy Quantifying inequality Race, caste, gender Rise of new elites |
Christian Olaf Christiansen is Associate Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the author of Progressive Business: An Intellectual History of The Role of Business In American Society (2015). In 2018 he was awarded the Sapere Aude Research Leader Grant by the Danish Foundation for Independent Research, to work on the project ‘An Intellectual History of Global Inequality, 1960-2015’. Steven L. B. Jensen is Senior Researcher at the The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark. He is author of the prize-winning book The Making of International Human Rights: The 1960s, Decolonization and the Reconstruction of Global Values (2016). Before joining the Danish Institute, he held positions with the UN and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.