The Great Gap
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The Great Gap

Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Latin America

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The Great Gap

Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Latin America

About this book

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, MaurĂ­cio Bugarin, Daniela Campello, Anna Crespo, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Fernando Filgueira, Liesl Haas, Sallie Hughes, Juan Pablo Luna, James E. Mahon Jr., Juliana MartĂ­nez Franzoni, Adriana Cuoco Portugal, Paola Prado, Elisa P. Reis, Luis Reygadas, Sergio Naruhiko Sakurai, and Koen Voorend.

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Information

Publisher
Penn State University Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780271050096
eBook ISBN
9780271073910
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Political Economy
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: Inequality and Politics in Latin America (Merike Blofield)
  5. Part I: The Socioeconomic Context
  6. Chapter 1: Fault Lines in Latin American Social Development and Welfare Regime Challenges (Fernando Filgueira)
  7. Chapter 2: Inequality of Opportunity in Latin America: Economic Well-being, Education, and Health (Anna Crespo and Francisco H. G. Ferreira)
  8. Part II: Elite Culture, Framing, and Public Opinion
  9. Chapter 3: Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality in Brazil (Elisa P. Reis)
  10. Chapter 4: Media Diversity and Social Inequality in Latin America (Sallie Hughes and Paola Prado)
  11. Chapter 5: Public Opinion on Income Inequalities in Latin America (Merike Blofield and Juan Pablo Luna)
  12. Part III: Agenda Setting and the Politics of Inequality
  13. Chapter 6: The Politics of Redistribution in Less Developed Democracies: Evidence from Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela (Daniela Campello)
  14. Chapter 7: Inequality and the Cost of Electoral Campaigns (MaurĂ­cio Bugarin, Adriana Cuoco Portugal, and)
  15. Chapter 8: Shallow States, Deep Inequalitites, and the Limits of Conservative Modernization: The Politics and Policies of Incorporation in Latin America (Fernando Filgueira, Luis Reygadas, Juan Pablo Luna, and Pablo Alegre)
  16. Chapter 9: Gender Equality Policies in Latin America (Merike Blofi eld and Liesl Haas)
  17. Part IV: Taxation and Social Policies
  18. Chapter 10: Tax Reforms and Income Distribution in Latin America (James E. Mahon Jr.)
  19. Chapter 11: Are Coalitions Equality Important for Redistrubution in Latin America? The Intervening Role of Wlefare Regimes (Juliana MartĂ­nez Franzoni and Koen Voorend)
  20. Conclusion: Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution (Merike Blofield)
  21. List of Contributors
  22. Index
  23. COVER Back