Poverty, inequality and social justice
Özlem Altiok discusses the ubiquitous nature of gender-based violence in Iran and throughout the world. The recent protests in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini, highlight both the global oppression women face and the political suppression that operates to conceal the abuse of marginalised groups in society. …Read more
Recent government policies have plunged the UK’s economy into crisis. Paul Stevens, our Publisher for Business, Management and Economics, has curated this reading list that focuses on the dangers of concentrating on economic growth while ignoring the need for wider social change. …Read more
Imogen Richards highlights how pandemic health policies and political rhetoric which blamed disenfranchised people for the spread of COVID-19 encouraged far-right conspiratorial narratives about the origins of the disease.…Read more
This paper from Families, Relationships and Societies, considers how research on families living in poverty, specifically those in Israel during the Covid-19 pandemic, is often at risk of objectifying the poor or blaming them for their circumstances. …Read more
In their paper for Policy & Politics, Elizabeth Blakelock and John Turnpenny highlight how public participation in energy market regulation has failed due to inequalities of influence between different policy actors who pose a significant challenge to legitimacy.…Read more
Tracy Shildrick reviews 'The Richer, The Poorer How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor. A 200-Year History' by Stewart Lansley, a book that examines how Britain’s most powerful elites have enriched themselves at the expense of surging inequality, mass poverty and weakened social resilience.…Read more
Despite the so-called ‘landmark legislation’ of the Modern Slavery Act, there are significant shortfalls affecting the most vulnerable victims of human trafficking. Alexandra Williams-Woods examines how the Modern Slavery Act has failed to safeguard victims.…Read more
In response to a recent story on a white nationalist group, Karen Lee Ashcraft, author of 'Wronged and Dangerous', considers how articles on far-right extremism often ignore other contributing factors, such as gender.…Read more
“The mad yellow book” gives a voice through a graphic novel to the marginalised working-class experience. Lisa McKenzie of Working Class Collective reflects on how The Lockdown Diaries of the Working Class brought people together, through the solidarity it created virtually. …Read more
Gary Craig, co-editor of The Modern Slavery Agenda, looks at how Mo Farah revealing his story now has raised public consciousness about slavery.…Read more