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Introduction: The Global South in a “Compartmentalized World”

from Part I - The Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2020

Franklin Obeng-Odoom
Franklin Obeng-Odoom
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki
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Five key questions beg for answers, namely: (1) what are the patterns and dimensions of inequality across the world? (2) What causes inequality? (3) Why does inequality persist? (4) Why is inequality an important focus for political economic analysis? (5) What can and is being done about inequality and by whom? This chapter seeks to answer these questions with reference to Africa as a point of departure for preparing the grounds for a new political economy of the Global South.

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NeocolonialismGlobal SouthDevelopmentUnderdevelopmentAfrica
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Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa , pp. 3 - 37
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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