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Global Inequality: Anthropological Insights
Kenneth McGill
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Description for Global Inequality: Anthropological Insights
Paperback. Series: Anthropological Insights. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
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 people, have to offer? Drawing on current scholarship and illustrative ethnographic case studies, McGill argues that anthropology is particularly well suited to interrogating global inequality, not just within nations, but across nations as well. Brief, accessibly written, and peppered with vivid ethnographic examples that bring contemporary research to life, Global Inequality is an introduction to the topic from ... Read more
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 people, have to offer? Drawing on current scholarship and illustrative ethnographic case studies, McGill argues that anthropology is particularly well suited to interrogating global inequality, not just within nations, but across nations as well. Brief, accessibly written, and peppered with vivid ethnographic examples that bring contemporary research to life, Global Inequality is an introduction to the topic from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Anthropological Insights
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442634510
SKU
V9781442634510
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About Kenneth McGill
Kenneth McGill is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University.
Reviews for Global Inequality: Anthropological Insights
This is a welcome anthropological college textbook on surveying global human inequalities across different world regions, nation-states, and local cultural responses and initiatives. It accessibly discusses a complex and important subject now constantly studied and increasingly debated for creating new inequalities.
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R. S. Khare, Anthropos Drawing from the fields of anthropology, economics, history, political science, ... Read more