Word: isolationism
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Fortunately, these common beliefs are misconceptions--only a small part of the explanation of why the poor are poor. In all corners of the world, the poor face structural challenges that keep them from getting even their first foot on the ladder of development. Most societies with the right ingredients...
The total number of people living in extreme poverty, the World Bank estimates, is 1.1 billion, down from 1.5 billion in 1981. While that is progress, much of the one-sixth of humanity in extreme poverty suffers the ravages of AIDS, drought, isolation and civil wars, and is thereby trapped...
The reactionary politics of the BGLTSA also represent a more systemic problem in LGBT politics: radical isolation. By advancing fringe agendas, which have a negligible impact on the lives of LBGT people as compared to larger more pressing problems, LGBT activists alienate even would-be supporters of their cause. The...
Bryce A. Ward’s thesis—“Distance and Social Capital: Can Isolation be Good?”, to be completed in June—takes the timeless question on with some statistical analysis. The end to the war may not be near, though. Ward...
The works of Maurice Manning propose human understanding as an alternative to discrimination and isolation, proving that a common humanity can carry across space and time through a poignant body of literature.