Global Inequality : : Anthropological Insights /

Global Inequality : : Anthropological Insights / / Kenneth McGill.

Inequality is currently gaining considerable attention in academic, policy, and media circles. From Thomas Piketty to Robert Putnam, there is no shortage of economic, sociological, or political analyses. But what does anthropology, with its focus on the qualitative character of relationships between...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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McGill, Kenneth,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (136 p.) :; 5 b&w tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • 1 Introduction: Anthropology and Inequality
  • 2 Global Inequality: Historical-Anthropological Perspectives
  • 3 The Challenge of Global Inequality
  • 4 The Production of Inequality
  • 5 Rights, Equality, and the Nation-State
  • 6 Welfare and Economic Inequality.
  • 7 Resistance and Social Organization in an Unequal World
  • 8 Situated Subjects in an Unequal World
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX 1: ADDITIONAL READINGS AND FILMS
  • APPENDIX 2: STUDY AND ESSAY QUESTIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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