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A seat at the table is not enough: gender and political inclusion

The number of women at all levels of government is rising around the world, because of affirmative action and the creation of participatory spaces. Nazneen arguers that easing women’s access into political spaces does not automatically lead to the promotion of gender-equity concerns in policy-making.

09 Apr 2019

Social justice and equality/inequality issues in modern-day Russia

This article by Natalia Grigorieva features in the World Social Report 2016. This contribution examines inequality in modern-day Russia.

09 Apr 2019

Tax and legal havens: a priority for inequality research

This article by Alain Deneault features in the World Social Science Report 2016. Deneault highlights that tax havens exacerbate inequality by depriving governments and their citizens of resources that would support services for the benefit of all. 

09 Apr 2019

Food rights and wrongs

This postcard by Naomi Hossain features in the World Social Science Report 2016. This contribution addresses the question of inequality in the world’s globalized food system. Hossain highlights that recent food regimes have increased food inequalities, but at the same time, public resistance against this inequality have also risen.

09 Apr 2019

Why social movements matter for addressing inequalities and ensuring social justice

This article by Leandro Vergara-Camus features in the World Social Science Report 2016. This contribution examines our academic and political understandings of social movements, and the ways in which social movements in the developing world have recently tackled social inequalities and struggled for social justice.

09 Apr 2019

Social inequality and young people in Europe: their capacity to aspire

This postcard by Evelyne Baillergeau and Jan Willem Duyvendak features in the World Social Science Report 2016. Balliergeau and Duyvendak highlight how aspirations are affected by social inequality, and differences in aspirations can contribute to deepening social inequality. Their research analyses the capacity of young Europeans to aspire and the ways in which this capacity develops.

09 Apr 2019

Equality as a valued social norm, inequality as an injustice

This postcard by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr features in the World Social Science Report 2016. Fukuda-Parr highlights the importance of social attitudes to inequality, arguing that unless inequality itself is seen as a problem, and equality is held as a social value by politicians, activists and the public at large, there will be no agitation or support for corrective measures.

08 Apr 2019

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