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

This book uniquely employs interdisciplinary, multiple-region, and comparative foci to study social issues, ranging from unemployment and domestic violence to neoextractivism and gender roles across two world regions from the Global South.

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.

Part 1: Economic Issues, Environment, and Covid-19

Chapter 1: Permanent Crisis? Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 2: Unemployment Among Youth in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

Chapter 3: Small Holder Agriculture in Environmental Conservation and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Chapter 4: Environmental Degradation and Community Poverty: Lessons from the Niger Delta of Nigeria

Chapter 5: The Socioeconomic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Developing Countries of Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Part 2: Suicide, Gender Roles, and Social Inequality

Chapter 6: Suicide in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Chapter 7: Gender Role Narratives and African, Latin American, and Caribbean People in Diaspora: Stories of Adaptation and Opportunity as Counter-Narratives to Traditional Roles

Chapter 8: Political Ideology and its Associations with Inequality: A Study of Venezuela and the Democratic Republic of Congo 2019 and 2020

Part 3: Disputes and Contestations

Chapter 9: The Role of Traditional Institutions in the Mediation of Social issues in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Chapter 10: Domestic Violence in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean: Cultural and Legal Responses

Chapter 11: Neoextractivism and Social Protection in Ghana and Guyana

Chapter 12: A Comparative Analysis of Social Problems in Urban and Rural areas of Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean