Analyzes the changing patterns of social and economic inequalities in Brazil over the last 50 years
Explores the relations between income inequality and different dimensions of social life, such as education, health, political participation, public policies, demographics and labor market
Presents valuable insights to understand the significant inequality and poverty reduction experienced by Brazil over the last two decades
Marta Arretche is Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, full professor of the Department of Political Science and Vice-provost for research at the University of São Paulo (USP). She holds a PhD in Social Science by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and was a visiting fellow at the MIT and at the European University Institute. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the journal Brazilian Political Science Review.
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.
Introduction
Part I: Political Participation
Chapter 1 – Political Participation in Brazil
Chapter 2 – Councils, Associations, and Inequality
Part II – Education and Income
Chapter 3 – Educational Stratification Among Youth in Brazil: 1960-2010
Chapter 4 – Education and Inequality in Brazil
Chapter 5 – Horizontal Stratification in Brazil´s Higher Education (1960-2010)
Chapter 6 – Racial Inequalities in Brazil: A Persistent Challenge
Part III – Public Policies
Chapter 7 – The Geography of Access to Basic Services in Brazil
Chapter 8 – Housing and Urban Conditions in Brazil
Chapter 9 – Health and Inequalities in Brazil
Part IV – Demographics
Chapter 10 – Brazil´s Internal Migration Over the Past 50 Years: (Dis)continuities and Ruptures
Chapter 11 – Fifty Years of Gender Relations and Generation in Brazil: Changes and Continuities
Chapter 12 – Religious Transition in Brazil
Part V – Labor Market
Chapter 13 – Economic Development and Inequalities in Brazil: 1960-2010
Chapter 14 – Commodification of Labor in Brazil´s Labor Market] (1960-2010)
Conclusion: A Half-Century of Change
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 decades a new phenomenon has renewed these 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.
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.
Introduction.- Part 1. Political Participation.- Chapter 1. Political Participation in Brazil.- Chapter 2. Councils, Associations, and Inequality.- Part II. Education and Income.- Chapter 3. Educational Stratification Among Youth in Brazil: 1960-2010.- Chapter 4. Education and Inequality in Brazil.- Chapter 5. Horizontal Stratification in Brazil's Higher Education (1960-2010).- Chapter 6. Racial Inequalities in Brazil: A Persistent Challenge.- Part III. Public Policies.- Chapter 7. The Geography of Access to Basic Services in Brazil.- Chapter 8. Housing and Urban Conditions in Brazil.- Chapter 9. Health and Inequalities in Brazil.- Part IV. Demographics.- Chapter 10. Brazil's Internal Migration Over the Past 50 Years: (Dis)continuities and Ruptures.- Chapter 11. Fifty Years of Gender Relations and Generation in Brazil: Changes and Continuities.- Chapter 12. Religious Transition in Brazil.- Part V. Labor Market.- Chapter 13. Economic Development and Inequalities in Brazil: 1960-2010.- Chapter 14. Commodification of Labor in Brazil's Labor Market] (1960-2010).- Conclusion: a half-century of change.
Marta Arretche is Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, full professor of the Department of Political Science and Vice-provost for research at the University of São Paulo (USP). She holds a PhD in Social Science by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and was a visiting fellow at the MIT and at the European University Institute. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the journal Brazilian Political Science Review.
Über den Autor
Marta Arretche is Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, full professor of the Department of Political Science and Vice-provost for research at the University of São Paulo (USP). She holds a PhD in Social Science by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and was a visiting fellow at the MIT and at the European University Institute. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the journal Brazilian Political Science Review.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Part I: Political Participation
Chapter 1 - Political Participation in Brazil
Chapter 2 - Councils, Associations, and Inequality
Part II - Education and Income
Chapter 3 - Educational Stratification Among Youth in Brazil: 1960-2010
Chapter 4 - Education and Inequality in Brazil
Chapter 5 - Horizontal Stratification in Brazil's Higher Education (1960-2010)
Chapter 6 - Racial Inequalities in Brazil: A Persistent Challenge
Part III - Public Policies
Chapter 7 - The Geography of Access to Basic Services in Brazil
Chapter 8 - Housing and Urban Conditions in Brazil
Chapter 9 - Health and Inequalities in Brazil
Part IV - Demographics
Chapter 10 - Brazil's Internal Migration Over the Past 50 Years: (Dis)continuities and Ruptures
Chapter 11 - Fifty Years of Gender Relations and Generation in Brazil: Changes and Continuities
Chapter 12 - Religious Transition in Brazil
Part V - Labor Market
Chapter 13 - Economic Development and Inequalities in Brazil: 1960-2010
Chapter 14 - Commodification of Labor in Brazil's Labor Market] (1960-2010)
Conclusion: A Half-Century of Change
Klappentext
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. nBringing 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. n nAll 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.
Analyzes the changing patterns of social and economic inequalities in Brazil over the last 50 years
Explores the relations between income inequality and different dimensions of social life, such as education, health, political participation, public policies, demographics and labor market
Presents valuable insights to understand the significant inequality and poverty reduction experienced by Brazil over the last two decades
