Lives in the Balance : : Perspectives on Global Injustice and Inequality / / edited by Pat Lauderdale, Randall Amster.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 66
• TeilnehmendeR: Lauderdale, Pat,; Amster, Randall,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 66.; International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

We find ourselves in a world that reflects a tension between the totalizing discourses of global corporate capitalism and representative democracy on the one hand, and the contingent, fragmentary nature of post-colonial life on the other. How (indeed, whether) this dialectic will be reconciled in the new millennium is not merely a question for academic consideration, but has real implications for the lives of people in the 'developing' world who are caught at the interstices of these conflicting forces. What a comparative, critical sociological perspective can provide is a window into the souls of people struggling for self-determination, equality, and justice. It is in this spirit that we present this work focusing on the study of injustice and inequality in the world system.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Pat Lauderdale and Randall Amster -- Introduction Critical Perspectives on Justice / Pat Lauderdale and Randall Amster -- From Women's Suffrage to Reproduction Rights? Cross-national Considerations / Francisco O. Ramirez and Elizabeth H. McEneaney -- Political Assassination Events as a Cross-cultural Form of Alternative Justice / Nachman Ben-Yehuda -- The State of Injustice / Annamarie Oliverio -- State Disintegration and Human Rights in Africa / Julia Maxted and Abebe Zegeye -- Capital, Inequality and Injustice in Latin America / Richard L. Harris -- Upheaval from the Depth / Claudia von Werlhof -- Indigenous North American Jurisprudence / Pat Lauderdale -- Conclusion / Randall Amster and Pat Lauderdale -- Contributors / Pat Lauderdale and Randall Amster -- Index / Pat Lauderdale and Randall Amster.