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A history of Reggae and Rasta culture in six episodes. It explores the origins of Reggae in the music and dance of early Jamaican slaves, and the isolationist Maroon culture that maintained many African...
Once an industrial powerhouse and the hub of the American automobile industry, Detroit is now in serious decline and one of the poorest, most segregated cities in the USA. With the participation of Detroit...
In the early modern period, health and welfare care was provided by both religious and secular bodies. This covered medical assistance as well as material help such as food and clothing for the needy. In...
BBC correspondent Fergal Keane travels around Britain listening to the stories of ordinary people who find themselves on the fringes of society and surviving on limited means. He begins in Glasgow, among the...
Looks at issues of population growth, migration and urbanisation, using Mexico as a case study. 1: Population change is produced by the difference between birth rate and death rate, and also by migration....
Brazil is rapidly becoming an industrial powr. Although its gross domestic product makes it the eighth most powerful economy in the world, two thirds of its people live below the poverty line, receiving only...
Many countries are still prey to famine and poverty in the 1990s. The causes of famine are varied and controversial - disease, over-population, natural disasters and war are all seen as contributors. It is...
This four part series examines the causes and effects of poverty in Ireland, which led to the Great Famine of the 1840s, during which around a million people died. The episodes are as follows: 1. Causes of...
The question of how far this example is representative of urban development problems globally is assessed by comparison with Mexico City, currently the most populated urban area in the world. An analysis of...
Four programmes produced in a magazine format and covering the individualism, collectivism, poverty and welfare. All use Brighton as an example of a divided community, although the questions relate to all of...
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