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Cultural Inequality and Sustainable Development

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Definition

Cultural inequality is generally intertwined with social, political, and economic issues that defy inequality in income, wealth, gender, information, principles, arts, regulations, standards, values, and other abilities, as well as customs that are required to be part of a society (Avruch 1998). With deeper sense, cultural inequalities blur the straightforward discrepancy accompanied by micro and macro causal processes by putting forward the special effects of cultural stereotypes on personalities and individual identities (Crossick and Kaszynska 2014). Accordingly, the reduction of cultural inequality has become a focal issue for sustainability researchers, and it is encouraging to explore new ways of addressing this complex issue (Doyle and Stiglitz 2014).

Introduction

Generally, inequality refers to the unfair situation of society where some people get more opportunities and favors than others. Though the term “inequality” is mostly...

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  1. Department of Economics, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh

    Most. Asikha Aktar

  2. School of Economics, Finance & Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia

    Md. Mahmudul Alam

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Aktar, M.A., Alam, M.M. (2021). Cultural Inequality and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71060-0_5-1

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