Discrimination in an Unequal World

Miguel Angel Centeno, "Discrimination in an Unequal World"
English | ISBN: 0199732167 | 2010 | 320 pages | PDF | 1344 KB
Is globalization making our world more equal, or less? Proponents of globalization argue that it is helping and that in a competitive world, no one can afford to discriminate except on the basis of skills. Opponents counter that globalization does nothing but provide a meritocratic patina on a consistently unequal distribution of opportunity. Yet, despite the often deafening volume of the debate, there is surprisingly little empirical work available on the extent to which the process of globalization over the past quarter century has had any effect on discrimination. Tackling this challenge,