Global Issues & Inequality the Term Paper

Restricted democracies limit the abilities of political parties to organize freely and expand their power bases, and undermine their ability to present viable alternative agendas."

Since the early 1990's there have been a steady 19.9% of the Arab people living below the poverty lines. However, in the rural parts of the country or the 'shadow zone' where 39% of the Arab population lives the child mortality rate is double that of the urban areas. Women are discriminated against terribly in this area with 52% of the mortality rate being attributed to 'maternal deaths.' The rate of female illiteracy is double that of the men in the region. What is it within the global framework that allows this inequality within inequality to exist or is it indeed allowed or simply a natural process such as the food chain that is a natural life process?

Summary:

The author explains that in regards to varying levels of socio-economic development that there are a variant of restricted democracies in the Arab region and that "tribal and sectarian cleavages come into play with socioeconomic and political variables influencing the distribution of political power, processes of political inclusion/exclusion, and the patterns of socio-economic development. Most political parties in such polities largely reflect in their sociology the most pronounced cleavage (tribal or sectarian allegiance) and in their behavior the main social grievance. "Thus it is understood that although the natural food chain effect is a factor within the realm of the societal global organization of inequality there too exists a political/social effect that is perpetrated by the 'leading, influence of power" or in other words, the politically superior group of the moment.

Therefore, whoever welds the most power does in effect have some control over the totality of the situation in the Arab countries and that entity would be the United States in collaborative effort with the United Kingdom. Most assuredly it is inequality that allows such overflow of blessings to one country (i.e. The United States) while at the same approximate moment allowing such abject poverty and such horrible conditions of living to exist simultaneously.

Conclusion:

Where abject poverty, lack of education, environmental degradation or any of the present global issues in existent are present and certainly as well where inequality exists there is a true potential for inequality to be multiplied by the actions of those in power and that inequality perpetrated purposefully can then said to be inequity. Inequality is a natural state of affairs on earth but inequity is something that man commits against mankind. Inequality and inequity although invariably linked are different in that inequality inherently exists while inequity is purposefully inflicted within society.

Bibliography

Richani, Nazih (2002) Political Parties, Justice Systems and the Poor: The Experience of the Arab States. Human…