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2018 Activists-in-Residence Welcomed at Reception
January 16, 2018 /0 Comments/in Decolonizing the University, In the News /by cbarreraThe Institute on Inequality and Democracy (II&D) at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center welcomed Manuel Criollo and Yvonne Yen Liu as the 2018 UCLA Activist-in-Residence Fellows during […]
Activist-in-Residence Program
October 2, 2017 /0 Comments/in Decolonizing the University, In the News /by cbarreraWith a shared commitment to advance democracy through research and alliances with civil rights organizations and progressive social movements, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Institute on Inequality […]
The myth of meritocracy in the era of Black Lives Matter
September 21, 2017 /0 Comments/in Essays by Institute Scholars /by cbarreraInequality is so often misunderstood as an outgrowth of cultural deficiency. But contrary to popular belief (which pervades the right, left and centre of the political spectrum), we do not […]
Community Experiences on Million-Dollar Blocks in Los Angeles
September 20, 2017 in Mass Incarceration /by cbarrera“At a cost quickly approaching $1 billion annually, more than 17,000 people are incarcerated every night in county jails and city lockups. But not every neighborhood within Los Angeles is […]
Land, Livelihoods and Displacement in Indonesia
September 20, 2017 /0 Comments/in Housing Justice /by cbarreraWe are organizing a workshop,which promises to open up an innovative research agenda on land transformation, evictions and livelihoods extending across urban and rural areas. In the spirit of the […]
The New Debt Peonage: Court-Ordered Community Service in LA County
September 19, 2017 /0 Comments/in Debt /by cbarreraEach year Los Angeles County courts order over 50,000 (and likely over 100,000) adults to work for free or go to jail. Overwhelmingly people of color, these workers perform forced, […]
Our Hoods, Our Stories: Documenting Displacement in Boyle Heights and Chinatown
September 19, 2017 /0 Comments/in Housing Justice /by cbarreraThe graduate student working group connected with community groups as UCLA students and worked on building connections for a project-based course that allows a longer-term commitment from UCLA to support […]
Welfare Workings: Popular Politics and the Public in Contemporary India
September 19, 2017 /0 Comments/in Race & Capitalism /by cbarreraOur working group, titled ‘Welfare Workings: Popular Politics and the Public in Contemporary India’ comprises doctoral students from the disciplines of Anthropology, History and Sociology, with a shared interest in […]
Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group
September 18, 2017 /0 Comments/in Housing Justice, Race & Capitalism /by cbarreraWith generous assistance from the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, the Political Sociology and the Global South working group has been a success in advancing research, critical thought, […]