Global inequalities [[electronic resource] /] / York W. Bradshaw, Michael Wallace

• Autore: Bradshaw York W. <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Pine Forge, c1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 223 p.) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 330.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic history - 1945-; Regional economic disparities
• Altri autori: WallaceMichael <1954->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-214) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; About the Authors; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Reality of Inequality : Stories from Around the World; A Global Village ?; A Few of the Players; Using Sociology to Study Global Inequalities; Questioning Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Chapter 2 - An Unequal World; The Death of Children; Other Forms of Inequality; Contemporary Global Trends : A World of Changes and Contradictions; Conclusions; Chapter 3 - Constructing a Model of Global Inequalities; Two Traditional Explanations for Global Inequality ; Modernization Theory : Blaming the VictimWorld-System Theory : Blaming Outside Actors; Combining External and Internal Explanation of Global Inequality; Application to World Regions; Chapter 4 - Africa : A Continued Decline?; A Land of Contradictions; Africa' s History : A Brief Look; Contemporary Life in Africa; Strong Societies and Weak States; The Persistence of Grinding Poverty; Battles for the Body; ""Presidents for Life/'Sort Of; Becoming Irrelevant to Others; Reduced to Symbols; Africa in Theoretical Perspective; Chapter 5 - Asia: An Emerging Giant; Bats , Balls , and Whips ; Magic Dragons ?Late Industrialization; Economic Growth and a High Level of Equality ? The Japanese Case; Inequality in South Korea , Hong Kong , Taiwan , and Singapore; China : From Mao Jackets to Calvin Klein Jeans; A Land of Paradox; Moving Beyond the Graveyard of Vietnam; Asia in Theoretical Perspective; Chapter 6 - Europe : United or Divided ?; Crumbling Walls; Why 1989?; The Rhetoric Is Unity ; What Is the Reality ?; Welfare States : Benevolent or Burdensome ?; The Dark Side of Europe; Lessons Unlearned : The Return of ""Little Hitlers ""; The Roller Coaster of War ; Europe in Theoretical PerspectiveChapter 7 - The Americas : Reinventing Ourselves; The Road to Rio: Environmental Apocalypse Now?; The Lessons of Rio: Is Sustainable Growth Possible ?; A Question of Sovereignty; Economic Consolidation in the Americas; The Americas in Theoretical Perspective; Chapter 8 - Creating a Better World; Summarizing Trends and Changes; Creating Positive Changes; Forcing Change from the Outside : What Is Justified ?; Creating Positive Social Changes : What Individuals Can Do; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This readable, sociologically interpretive book focuses through the lens of stratification and inequality, on the global distribution of wealth and power, and how the world's societies interact with one another.
• Titolo autorizzato: Global inequalities
• ISBN: 1-4522-3408-6; 1-4522-2108-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791719203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sociology for a New Century Series