We live in a complex world of unparallelled affluence and immense deprivation. Yet cutting across this complexity, there are a set of key areas of focus for the contemporary policy agenda of states seeking to bring about improvements in human development: climate change; population structures; conflict and complex emergencies; gender and development; the role of employment in livelihoods; and social protection. Issues in global human inequality explores these key policy debates, connecting the global to the local and portraying our individual connection to social change and development.
All content for Issues in Global Human Inequality is the property of A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
We live in a complex world of unparallelled affluence and immense deprivation. Yet cutting across this complexity, there are a set of key areas of focus for the contemporary policy agenda of states seeking to bring about improvements in human development: climate change; population structures; conflict and complex emergencies; gender and development; the role of employment in livelihoods; and social protection. Issues in global human inequality explores these key policy debates, connecting the global to the local and portraying our individual connection to social change and development.
Episode 5 Conflict and human development Part 1 - Is armed conflict getting worse?
Issues in Global Human Inequality
12 minutes
4 years ago
Episode 5 Conflict and human development Part 1 - Is armed conflict getting worse?
Conflict clearly diminishes human capabilities. Yet it appears that conflict around the world is an endemic feature of human societies. So if we want to enlarge human capabilities we need to understand ways of mitigating conflict.
The character of armed conflict has changed in important ways since the end of World War Two. This has had an effect on the intensity of armed conflict.
Issues in Global Human Inequality
We live in a complex world of unparallelled affluence and immense deprivation. Yet cutting across this complexity, there are a set of key areas of focus for the contemporary policy agenda of states seeking to bring about improvements in human development: climate change; population structures; conflict and complex emergencies; gender and development; the role of employment in livelihoods; and social protection. Issues in global human inequality explores these key policy debates, connecting the global to the local and portraying our individual connection to social change and development.
