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Good Governance and Poverty Relief

The project explores the hypothesis that the eradication of inequalities (especially the alleviation of poverty) in developing regions and especially in Africa is directly dependent on the practice of good governance – not only by governments, but also in the corporate and NGO sectors of society.

Ulf Engel Ulf Engel

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Recasting Workers’ Power Work and Inequality in the Shadow of the Digital Age

Webster, Edward and Lynford Dor. 2023. Recasting Workers’ Power Work and Inequality in the Shadow of the Digital Age. Bristol University Pre...

Edward Webster Edward Webster

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The Martyr: A Graphic Comic Novel that explores the link between economic inequality, marginalization and violent extremism and radicalization in East Africa

The Martyr traces the story of Omar, a young Kenyan man and a talented sculptor who joins the Al-Shabaab after being innocently arrested in a police swoop and locked up for two years.

Godfrey Mwampembwa Godfrey Mwampembwa

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Social Regionalism in the Idea of Transnational Labour Law

We have entered a moment of profound challenge for open societies.

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A transdisciplinary analysis of the role of social identity on performance under social stratification and stigmatisation

The emergent fields of stratification economics and identity economics offer new theoretical insights for explaining economic inequality, specifically the unique role that intersectionality (the existence of multiple social identities) might play.

Debra Shepherd Debra Shepherd
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