JamaicaJamaica's social inequality is primarily held to be class-based due, in part, to the country's perceived ethno-racial homogeneity and to the particularities of its colonial past. However, whether "race" also systemically shapes inequality in Jamaica remains understudied. To address this ...
Recently, Rebecca Traister discussed just how much rape culture even informs what we think of as “good sex” in her piece “The Game is Rigged: Why Consensual Sex Can Still be Bad.” In it, Traister challenges the notion that all consensual sex is good and shows just how messy the de...
The view from Rulers Bar Hassock in the center of Jamaica Bay is at once wild and urban. You can watch shorebirds hunt for the eggs of horseshoe crabs, and lift your eyes to Wall Street skyscrapers on the horizon. Rulers Bar is an amalgamation of human and nonhuman processes in its own...
The same is often true for many social epidemics, for example in Jamaica, criminal violence has roots in poverty and urban decay, political patronage, and more recently organized crime (McDavid et al., 2011). Power relations includes an individual’s ability to have an effect on other ...
The SDGs aim to eradicate all types of poverty and inequality worldwide by 2030. The question is whether or not the unemployment rates in developing countries decrease as their local banking systems develop. What is the goal, exactly? Some people have thought about how finance functions in the...
in Jamaica.4 Likewise, 40% of Mongolian caregivers reported seeing someone in their home beat a child in the last month, and 44% of Gambian caregivers reported witnessing a child being hit with an object in the last month.2 At the other extreme, in 1979, Sweden became the first country...
Inequality and growth impacts of climate change—insights from South Africa – IOPscience Fast upper-level jet stream winds get faster under climate change | Nature Climate Change A Symphony of Billion Voices on Climate Change: Jamaica and Pakistani Style (eturbonews.com) ...
During the summer, one neighbor sold duros, juices frozen in plastic cups, with flavors like tamarindo, ginger-infused jamaica, and, my favorite, coco, made with fresh coconut milk and shredded coconut, sweetened with cinnamon and nutmeg. If someone had a party, we all partied and feasted ...
Work–life balance (WLB) remains a pressing challenge in today’s fast-paced society. The current study addresses this prominent issue by examining whether employment type and individual characteristics shape perceptions of WLB among entrepreneurs and wa
Based on the relationships motivation theory, it can be assumed that social interactions in elementary school are essential for students’ development