SOCECOL E8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Niall Ferguson, Jared Diamond, Waste Picker
26 May 2016
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This is the fifth model of the roots of inequality after the two different emphases of jared. Diamond in collapse and in guns, germs and steel, and the original presentations by edward. The heart of the thinking of mike davis in planet of slums is to be found in his concept of. Treason of the state and the differential effects on women and children of slum ecology. The essence of the concept of treason of the state is the quote which opens chapter 3 on page 50: If unmitigated capitalism has a mainly unacceptable face, a corrupt state acting on behalf of the rich is still worse. In such circumstances, little is to be gained by even trying to improve the system. Alan gilbert and peter ward: housing, the state and the poor . In a section entitled broken promises and stolen dreams on page 61, he opens with a statement which is really a question:
