Has Latin America always been unequal? : a comparative study of asset and income inequality in the long twentieth century / by Ewout Frankema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frankema, Ewout.

Series:

Global economic history series ; v. 3.

Global economic history series, 1872-5155 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--Latin America.

Income distribution.

Equality--Latin America.

Equality.

Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter One. Introduction / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter Two. The Institutionalisation Of Inequality In Colonial Latin America / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter Three. The Omnipresence Of Land Inequality In Post-Colonial Latin America / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter Four. The Advance Of Mass Education: Quantity Or Quality? / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter Five. The Secular Trend Of Income Inequality, 1870-2000: Theoretical And Historical Perspectives / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter Six. Changing Patterns Of Factor Income Distribution, 1870-2000 / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter Seven. The Recent Rise Of Urban Wage Inequality / E.H.P. Frankema

Chapter Eight. Conclusion / E.H.P. Frankema

Appendix / E.H.P. Frankema

References / E.H.P. Frankema

Index / E.H.P. Frankema.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-40134-3

9786612401343

90-474-2935-4

OCLC:

573925524

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004175914.i-294 DOI