Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America
Title | Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Pedro López-Roldán |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 489 |
Release | 2020-11-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3030484424 |
This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the relationship between training and employment; inequalities in work and family life; educational inequalities; geographical and social inequalities: ethnicity and language; social inequalities, migration and space; uncertainty, strategies, resources and capabilities; inequality of opportunity: intergenerational social mobility; social policies; gender inequalities; and research methodology. This volume is the result of a large collaborative project on social inequality funded by the European Commission: the International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities. Taking into account diverse perspectives and approximations, the collaborators have created a general analytical framework as a model of analysis of social inequalities. The various contributions in this volume help readers gain a global outlook and help reflect on social inequalities in a comparative perspective. This volume addresses social science graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, social policy makers, as well as a broader academic audience interested in social inequality.
Has Latin America Always Been Unequal?
Title | Has Latin America Always Been Unequal? PDF eBook |
Author | Ewout Frankema |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2009-06-02 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9047429354 |
The forces of industrialisation, urbanisation, globalisation and technological change have washed away the pre-modern outlook of most Latin American economies. Despite the improved opportunities of social mobility offered by economic modernisation, current income inequality levels (still) appear extraordinary high. Has Latin America always been unequal? Did the region fail to settle a longstanding account with its colonial past? Or should we be reluctant to point our finger so far back in time? In a comparative study of asset and income distribution Frankema shows that both the levels, and nature, of income inequality have changed significantly since 1870. Besides the deep historical roots of land and educational inequality, more recent demographic and political-institutional forces are taken on board to understand Latin America’s distributive dynamics in the long twentieth century.
Inequality and Prosperity
Title | Inequality and Prosperity PDF eBook |
Author | Jonas Pontusson |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780801489709 |
"A Century Foundation book".
The Great Gap
Title | The Great Gap PDF eBook |
Author | Merike Blofield |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 418 |
Release | 2015-08-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0271073918 |
The relationship between socioeconomic inequality and democratic politics has been one of the central questions in the social sciences from Aristotle on. Recent waves of democratization, combined with deepened global inequalities, have made understanding this relationship ever more crucial. In The Great Gap, Merike Blofield seeks to contribute to this understanding by analyzing inequality and politics in the region with the highest socioeconomic inequalities in the world: Latin America. The chapters, written by prominent scholars in their fields, address the socioeconomic context and inequality of opportunities; elite culture, public opinion, and media framing; capital mobility, campaign financing, representation, and gender equality policies; and taxation and social policies. Aside from the editor, the contributors are Pablo Alegre, Maurício Bugarin, Daniela Campello, Anna Crespo, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Fernando Filgueira, Liesl Haas, Sallie Hughes, Juan Pablo Luna, James E. Mahon Jr., Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Adriana Cuoco Portugal, Paola Prado, Elisa P. Reis, Luis Reygadas, Sergio Naruhiko Sakurai, and Koen Voorend.
The Costs of Inequality in Latin America
Title | The Costs of Inequality in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Diego Sánchez-Ancochea |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2020-12-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1838606254 |
From the United States to the United Kingdom and from China to India, growing inequality has led to social discontent and the emergence of populist parties, also contributing to economic crises. We urgently need a better understanding of the roots and costs of these income gaps. The Costs of Inequality draws on the experience of Latin America, one of the most unequal regions of the world, to demonstrate how inequality has hampered economic growth, contributed to a lack of good jobs, weakened democracy, and led to social divisions and mistrust. In turn, low growth, exclusionary politics, violence and social mistrust have reinforced inequality, generating various vicious circles. Latin America thus provides a disturbing image of what the future may hold in other countries if we do not act quickly. It also provides some useful lessons on how to fight income concentration and build more equitable societies.
Inequality in Latin America[
Title | Inequality in Latin America[ PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Caribbean Area |
ISBN |
Unequal Family Lives
Title | Unequal Family Lives PDF eBook |
Author | Naomi R. Cahn |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2018-08-02 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1108415954 |
This volume explores the causes and consequences of family inequality in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.