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Understanding Ibero-American Spaces and Dynamics

Herausgegeben von: Francisco Jesús Moreno-Fernández und Óscar Loureda Lamas

ISSN: 2941-3834

e-ISSN 2941-3842

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The series Understanding Ibero-American Spaces and Dynamics publishes high-quality research on present-day Ibero-American cultures and societies, covering fields such as politics, sociology, economy, natural and cultural heritage, or linguistics. The series welcomes both monographs and collected volumes and is committed to the rich variety of studies on Ibero-America in the international research community.

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Francisco Jesús Moreno Fernández and Óscar Loureda Lamas, Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies, Germany.

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Pathologies of inequality in Latin America

Challenges and consequences

José Antonio Alonso, Rodolfo Gutiérrez Palacios

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In the last two decades, increasing inequalities in a broad range of countries have prompted many scholars to consider inequality as the main cause for social unrest, weakened institutions or people's disaffection toward democracy. However, this interpretation often relies on fragile theoretical foundations and conceptual ambiguity.

To clarify these possible correlations, the present volume focuses on Latin America as a region characterized by persistently high level of inequality. It aims to:

Disentangle the different meanings of inequality, taking into account that it is a complex phenomenon whose measure depends on the variables adopted to measure distributive asymmetries;
Consider the complex of internal and external factors that impact distributive patterns, including those related to institutional arrangements and bargain power among different social actors;
Examine the main effects of inequality, particularly on social services and subjective wellbeing, violence and insecurity, as well as institutional weakening;
Finally, evaluate the effectiveness of different policies against inequality, the design of welfare systems, the pre-distributive and redistributive impacts of fiscal measures, and the creation of a culture of tolerance about inequality.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111194158
ISBN:: 9783111194158
ISBN:: 9783111194608
ISBN:: 9783111193960
Fachgebiet:: Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Volkswirtschaft
Fachgebiet:: Wirtschaftspolitik
Fachgebiet:: Sozialwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Politische Soziologie
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften
Fachgebiet:: Politikwissenschaften, Allgemeines
Verlag:: De Gruyter