Using a comparative framework, this edited volume evaluates pressing social issues facing African, Latin American, and Caribbean countries. Unique in its comparative and multi-regional perspective, this book provides a scholastic and practical understanding on questions ranging from governance and security to poverty, inequality, and population health.

Contributions by: Ivon Alcime, Augustine Avwunudiogba, Fagdéba A. Bakoyéma, Garfield Barnwell, Leonard Sitji Bombom, Dennis C. Canterbury, Donna E. Danns, George K. Danns, Elisha J. Dung, Brenda I. Gill, Alecia D. Hoffman, Lynn D. Schneider, Randolph Williams