AFSEE Inequalities Glossary

The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) Inequalities Glossary aims to demystify key concepts that are often discussed when theorising, researching, and attempting to address issues of social and economic inequalities. The selected entries relate to AFSEE’s own programme of study and the terms that this programme uses in understanding (and challenging) inequalities globally. These terms represent the width and breadth of AFSEE’s curriculum.

Each entry consists of a short definition of the term of approximately 300 words. It also includes links to further resources, openly accessible on the internet, and linked to other related entries. Our intended audience includes any researchers, policy advocates or makers, grassroots organisers, civil society activists, teachers, or any other social change practitioner, regardless of area of focus. It aims to be written for non-subject specialists who have a shared interest in challenging social and economic inequalities.

Our hope is that this project contributes to a wider, open access, shared knowledge. At AFSEE, we believe that inequalities are not inevitable, and one key step of ensuring this is to make knowledge and concepts around inequalities and justice accessible to all.

The Inequalities Glossary is a project led by Dr Sara Camacho Felix (AFSEE Programme Lead) and co-written with Noémie Bourguignon and Sira Thiam (alumni of the MSc in Inequalities and the Social Sciences programme at the LSE). Please feel free to contact us at afsee@lse.ac.uk should you have any comments or suggested additions to the glossary.