Sam Hickey
Without a doubt. It’s reached political attention. When you’ve got The Economist writing about inequality, when you’ve got the IMF worrying about it, you know
Silvia Otero Bahamón
There are many different inequalities that overlap, and reinforce each other. There are class inequalities, where rural dwellers and informal, uneducated urban dwellers are abandoned. There are
Erin Beck
This is the question I struggle with the most because I am actually pretty pessimistic about policy-makers' likelihood to engage in deep learning - not because they
Silvia is a Professor in the Faculty of Political Science, Government and International Relations at the Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. Her research focuses on inequality and social development.
Catherine is a Professor of Comparative Politics and African Political Economy at London School of Economics. Her research focuses mainly on Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, and Côte d'Ivoire.
Silvana Maubrigades
Violence is a difficult concept to tackle in a simple and linear way. Violence exists all over the world and every region is vulnerable to violence.
If we
Erin Beck
In some ways, I'd like to reverse this question and start thinking about the ways that addressing socioeconomic inequalities at the national and international levels might
Silvana is a Professor of Economic History and Sociology at Universidad de la República in Uruguay. Her main research fields are gender, education, and development.
Patrick Heller
I think you need a combination of policies that level the political playing field. So, it gives those at the bottom of the distribution to be politically effective.
Salvatore Babones
Well ... everywhere. But it won't come from everywhere. Pressure for good policy should come from experts -- academics, but also unions, NGOs, and all the other
Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. His research focuses on (1) economic, political, and social change, with emphases on institutions and preferences, and (2) the economic and political history of the Middl
Erin is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon. Her main interest fields are: Latin American politics; comparative politics; social movements in comparative perspective; international development; gender and development; gender politics in the developing world; and
