Inequality and governance in an uncertain world perspectives on democratic & autocratic governments

Introduction / Rekha Datta and Saliba Sarsar -- Politics, governance, and the politics of inequality : a focus on Nigeria / Julius O. Adekunle -- The Middle East and North Africa : a region of inequalities / Saliba Sarsar -- Persistent gender-based social and economic inequalities in India / Abha S....

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Weitere Verfasser: Datta, Rekha (HerausgeberIn), Sarsar, Saliba G. (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Maryland ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books 2023
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction / Rekha Datta and Saliba Sarsar -- Politics, governance, and the politics of inequality : a focus on Nigeria / Julius O. Adekunle -- The Middle East and North Africa : a region of inequalities / Saliba Sarsar -- Persistent gender-based social and economic inequalities in India / Abha S. Sood -- Growing inequality and problems of governance : threats to democracy and human security in Bangladesh / Golam M. Mathbor -- The expansion of governmental control in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic / Peter W. Liu -- Strongman on a tightrope : achievements and failures of Putin's autocracy in Russia / Thomas S. Pearson -- The COVID-19 pandemic and policy choices in Eastern Europe / Kevin L. Dooley -- The pandemic, politics, and populism in three Western European democracies : a comparative analysis of Britain, France, and Italy / Kenneth L. Campbell -- 'Speech now' but not with a bullhorn : political misinformation in the age of super PACs / Joseph N. Patten -- Guided by the light of freedom : Black women's 100 year struggle for the ballot, 1865-1965 / Hettie V. Williams and Denis Long -- Coloniality and COVID-19 in Mexico / Manuel Chávez -- Inequality and governance across world regions : a concluding perspective / Stephen J. Chapman
"The pandemic exposed long-standing and inherent inequities in societies and opened old wounds of discrimination, dissent, and division. Governance in such uncertain times need to focus on the short-term needs but cannot lose sight of the longer-term impact of structural inequalities and cultural and social fissures embedded in political systems"--
Beschreibung:IX, 309 Seiten
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23 cm
ISBN:9781666921441