Comparative Assessment of Social Issues in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Brenda I. Gill; George K. Danns

doi:10.5771/9781793642509

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Using a comparative framework, this edited volume evaluates pressing social issues facing African, Latin American, and Caribbean countries. Unique in its comparative and multi-regional perspective, this book provides a scholastic and practical understanding on questions ranging from governance and security to poverty, inequality, and population health.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4249-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4250-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 384
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. 1. Figures No access
  2. Tables No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. 1. Part I: Economic Issues, Environment, and COVID-19 No access
  2. Part II: Suicide, Gender Roles, and Social Inequality No access
  3. Part III: Disputes and Contestations No access
2. Notes No access
3. Bibliography No access
Abbreviations No access Pages 15 - 18
1. 1. 1. Permanent Crisis in the LAC Region? No access
    2. Per-capita Income, Poverty, and Inequality in LAC No access
    3. Who Lives in Poverty in the LAC Region? No access
    4. Inequality in LAC No access
  2. 1. Poverty in SSA No access
    2. Inequality in SSA No access
  3. Conclusion and Discussion No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. Bibliography No access
2. 1. 1. Technology and Youth Employment No access
  2. 1. Addressing Youth Unemployment in Africa No access
  3. 1. Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Unemployment in LAC No access
    2. Addressing Youth Unemployment in LAC No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
3. 1. 1. Theoretical Framework No access
    2. Rural Poverty in the ALAC Region No access
  2. Poverty and Social Problems in the ALAC Region No access
  3. 1. 1. The Typology of Smallholder Agriculture No access
  4. Catalyzing Rural Poverty Alleviation: Smallholder Agriculture versus Large-Scale Mechanized Agriculture No access
  5. The Environmental Degradation/Conservation Debate: Smallholder Agriculture versus Large-Scale Mechanized Agriculture No access
  6. The Agricultural Modernization Debate: Smallholder Agriculture to be Replaced by Large-Scale Mechanized Agriculture? No access
  7. Summary and Conclusions No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Theoretical Framework No access
  2. Characteristics of the ALAC Region No access
  3. 1. The Niger Delta: As a Case Study—Physical and Human Dimension No access
    2. General Description of the Physical Geography of the Niger Delta Region No access
    3. Size, Area, Extent No access
  4. 1. Environmental Degradation Processes Associated with Oil Production No access
  5. The Political Economy of Oil Production No access
  6. Summary and Conclusions No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
5. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Infections and Death No access
    2. Vaccination No access
    3. Governments and Other Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic No access
  3. 1. Infections No access
    2. Governments’ Responses and Measures Adopted No access
    3. LAC’s Response to COVID-19 and Vaccination No access
  4. 1. Economic Impact No access
    2. Tourism No access
    3. Education No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Suicide Methods No access
    2. Risk Factors for Suicide No access
    3. Mental Health Problems No access
    4. Economic Recessions No access
    5. Daylight Patterns No access
    6. Divorce Laws No access
    7. Media Use No access
    8. Alcohol Use No access
  3. 1. Suicide Methods in Africa No access
    2. The Case of Suicide in South Africa No access
    3. The Case of Suicide in Nigeria No access
  4. 1. Suicide Methods in LAC No access
    2. Risk Factors and Circumstances of Suicide in LAC No access
    3. The Case of Suicide in Mexico No access
    4. The Case of Suicide in Guyana No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Gender Role Theory No access
  2. 1. Gender Roles in Latin America No access
    2. Caribbean Gender Roles No access
    3. Gender and the Stories of Caribbean Nationals Living Abroad No access
    4. Gender Role Stories from Latin American Nationals Living Abroad No access
  3. Gender Role Stories of African Nationals Living Abroad No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Theoretical Paradigm No access
  2. Methodology No access
  3. 1. 1. Authoritarianism No access
      2. Inequality No access
    2. 1. Authoritarianism No access
      2. Inequality No access
  4. 1. 1. Authoritarianism—Electoral Process and Pluralism No access
    2. Authoritarianism—Functioning of Government No access
    3. Inequality No access
    4. 1. Inequality—Political Culture No access
      2. Inequality—Civil Liberties No access
      3. Market-Based Inequality No access
  5. Conclusions No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
1. 1. 1. Precolonial Traditional Institutions No access
    2. Africa No access
    3. Latin America No access
    4. The Caribbean No access
    5. Postcolonial Traditional Institutions No access
    6. Traditional Rules, Customs, and Values No access
    7. Traditional versus Modern Institutions No access
    8. 1. Africa No access
    9. Latin America No access
    10. The Caribbean No access
  2. Conclusion and Recommendations No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. Domestic Violence No access
    2. Africa No access
    3. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) No access
  3. 1. Resource Theory No access
    2. Feminist Intersectionality Perspective No access
  4. 1. Traditions No access
    2. Religion No access
  5. 1. Regional Legal Responses to DV No access
    2. Central/Middle Africa No access
    3. South Africa No access
    4. East Africa No access
    5. West Africa No access
  6. 1. Brief Look at DV’s History and Response: The LAC Region No access
    2. High Societal Violence and Cultural Responses to DV in Families No access
    3. Machismo versus Marianismo—Response to DV Based on Power Disparities No access
    4. Reactions to Infidelity and DV No access
    5. Response to Assigned Gender Roles No access
  7. 1. Adoption of Key Human Rights Instruments No access
    2. First-generation Laws No access
    3. Second-generation Laws No access
    4. Ratification of Femicide or Feminicide Laws No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Social Protection Controversy No access
  3. Resource Extraction and Social Protection No access
  4. 1. 1. The Structural Adjustment Perspective No access
      2. The Post-Neoliberal Perspective No access
  5. Performance of Selected Economic Indicators in the Extractive Sectors No access
  6. Ghana’s Mineral Fiscal Regime No access
  7. Disbursement of Mining Royalties Revenue in Ghana No access
  8. 1. Gold and Non-Gold Minerals No access
    2. The Petroleum Sector in Guyana No access
  9. Social Protection Architectures in Ghana and Guyana No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. Notes No access
  12. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Theoretical Framework No access
  3. 1. Defining the Urban and Rural Areas No access
  4. 1. Small Towns Planning No access
    2. Changes in Migration No access
    3. Exchange of Goods No access
    4. Health Care Delivery No access
  5. 1. Prostitution in the ALAC Region No access
    2. Drug Abuse in the ALAC Region No access
    3. Unemployment in the ALAC Region No access
    4. Corruption in the ALAC Region No access
    5. Pollution in the ALAC Region No access
  6. 1. Social Funds for Job Creation No access
    2. 1. The Trickle-Up Policy No access
    3. The Promotion of Integrated Rural Development No access
    4. Reduction of Intergenerational Disadvantage and Social Exclusion No access
    5. Legal Framework No access
    6. Punishment and Incarceration of Drug Traffickers No access
    7. Development of Robust Laws to Fight Corruption and Bribery No access
    8. The Enactment of Integrated Waste Management Laws No access
    9. Awareness and Publicity No access
  7. Summary and Conclusions No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 373 - 376
About the Editors No access Pages 377 - 378
About the Contributors No access Pages 379 - 384