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Inequality, Poverty, and Globalization
OVERVIEW
CEA Partner Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Political Science
Instruction in: English
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: TBD
DESCRIPTION
Inequality defines the world we live in. At the turn of the 21st century, the richest five percent of people received one-third of total global income, the next 15 percent richer got another third while the poorest 80 percent of the population had to share the remaining third. In this course we will study the development of international and global inequality, inequality within nations, gender inequality and poverty in the long run. The main questions that the student will be able to discuss are: has inequality increased over time?, does globalisation make the world more unequal?, what policies have been implemented in order to reduce inequality and how effective have they been?, and why should we care about poverty?
