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06 Nov, 2018
Horizontal inequality: exploring persistence and change
A considerable body of recent research suggests that inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic implications. ‘Economists have long recognised that there is an association between inequality...
21 Mar, 2017
Sustainable pedagogies, at home and away
If human development involves ‘taking an interest in the lives that people actually lead’, then anthropology is its privileged interlocutor. Perhaps our most distinguishing feature is our methods....
19 Oct, 2015
Citizenship, violence, and youth in Brazil: reducing the legal age of criminal responsibility
In Brazil, there has been a perennial debate about reducing the legal age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 years. Congress has recently approved a legal amendment that aims to put this into practice...