The UC Atlas of Global Inequality >From Reflection Cafe | 21 July 2008
http://www.reflectioncafe.net/2008/07/uc-atlas-of-global-inequality.html Global inequality has grown dramatically over the last 300 years. At the end of the Twentieth Century global income inequality was greater than ever before. There is debate amongst academics, between street protestors and global institutions, and elsewhere, about the whether inequality is rising or falling. This Atlas seeks to shed light on that debate and to broaden discussion to include aspects of inequality beyond income measures and beyond aggregated national statistics. The Atlas already includes sections on Health, Gender and Economic Crises. And it will be expanding in the future. This Atlas has capacities rivaled by few other web sites: - Time series maps of the world show changes in global patterns of inequality - Country pages provide information, graphs and comparative rankings for each country - The Global Inequality Blog summarizes key contributions to our understanding of inequality - A database allows tables and graphs to be generated and downloaded for selected data and countries. - Texts and the Glossary provide explanation of the issues and terms; the Bibliography provides direct links to the research. - Teaching modules provide suggestions for using data and maps in classes.
