EAN: 9783319781839

PATHS OF INEQUALITY IN BRAZIL GEBUNDEN

This book presents multidisciplinary analyses of the historical trajectories of social and
economic inequalities in Brazil over the last 50 years. As one of the most unequal countries in
the world  Brazil has always been an important case study for scholars interested in inequality
research  but in the last few decades has brought a new phenomenon to renew researchers'
interest in the country. While the majority of democracies in the developed world have
witnessed an increase in income inequality from the 1970s on  Brazil has followed the opposite
path  registering a significant reduction of income inequality over the last 30 years. Bringing
together studies carried out by experts from different areas  such as economists  sociologists
demographers and political scientists  this volume presents insights based on rigorous analyses
of statistical data in an effort to explain the long term changes in social and economic
inequalities in Brazil. The book adopts a multidisciplinary approach  analyzing the relations
between income inequality and different dimensions of social life  such as education  health 
political participation  public policies  demographics and labor market. All of this makes
Paths of Inequality in Brazil - A Half-Century of Change a very valuable resource for social
scientists interested in inequality research in general  and especially for sociologists 
political scientists and economists interested in the social and economic changes that Brazil
went through over the last two decades.

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