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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.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established to
provide the opportunity for higher education to people of African
descent in the era of segregation. The visions, values, and
heritages these schools embodied enabled them to chart new
frontiers of learning, scholarship, and public engagement for and
beyond the United States. Historical Black Colleges and
Universities in a Globalizing World: The Past, the Present, and the
Future, edited by Alem Hailu, Mohamed S. Camara, and Sabella O.
Abidde examines the history and contribution of these institutions
in the broader national and global sociopolitical context of the
changes taking place in the nation and the world. Collectively, the
contributors offer reflections and visions by both looking back and
forward to find viable answers to the challenges and opportunities
HBCUs face in the new century and beyond. They argue that as the
world convulses by the new global dynamics of emerging pandemics,
economic dislocations, and resource constraints, HBCUs are uniquely
positioned to meet these challenges.
Human Trafficking: Global History and Perspectives argues that, far
from being a recent development, human trafficking is rooted in the
history of the human condition and has only been amplified by
globalization. Using a multidisciplinary approach that traces the
historical roots of human trafficking in global history, the
chapters explore case studies from different parts of the world to
show that human trafficking is not only a global phenomenon but a
localized enigma. The contributors contend that the causes, and
thus, the solutions, are rooted in local and regional social,
cultural, political, and economic conditions of victims. The case
studies include global, regional, and local examples to analyze the
complex causes and effects of human trafficking as well as the
legal ramifications.
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