Description
The Palgrave Handbook of Inequality in a Global Society brings together 30 contributions from international scholars examining the causes, manifestations, and consequences of inequality across diverse social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. Covering themes including education, human development, governance, migration, colonial legacies, identity, and global power structures, the handbook offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective on one of the defining challenges of our time and its implications for people and the planet.
Table of Contents
Defining and Redefining Social Problems theory and concepts.- Globalization and Social Problems.- The state, Policy, Society and Social Problems.- Child Right and Child Protection.- Family, Child and Youth Welfare. - Ageing, Elderly and Social Problems.- Health and Mental Health Problems.- Loneliness, Loss and Suicide.- Gender and sexuality in Changing Society.- Disability and Social Exclusion in diverse contexts.- Poverty, inequality and social injustice.- Addiction -a growing Social Problem.- Environment, Ecology, Climate Change and Natural disaster.- Globalization, Migration and Labor.- Culture, Identity and International conflict.- Neoliberalism and Changing Education.- Family.- Unemployment as a global social problem.- Criminality, Corruption and Violence.- Changing Social Order and Social Problems.- Radicalization, Terrorism and Racism.- Religion and Faith in Contemporary Society.- Social Problems in the Age of COVID Global and localized perspectives.
