Politics and Inequality in Latin America

Our symposium offers a variety of perspectives, such as on self-perpetuation of inequality in the international system, or on the consequences of inequality for economic growth or for social and political conflicts. This contribution discusses the determinants of domestic policy choices that affect inequality and the consequences of these policy choices. The empirical focus is on Latin American countries, which collectively are characterized by the highest regional levels of inequality in the world, but individually show considerable variation. Different analyses have emphasized different causes of income inequality and of the variation in inequality, such as historical structural roots in land distribution and natural-resource endowments, geography, ethnic divisions, the economic context, demographics, and state action or lack thereof. The role of the state has not received much systematic attention until rather recently, though, despite its essential role in the allocation of resources

Development economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Income distribution · Inequality · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social inequality · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Social Policy and Reform Studies

• Building support for taxation in developing countries

  Open Access•Gustavo Flores-Macías, Gustavo A Flores-Macías•World Development•2018

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• Repeat Migration and Remittances as Mechanisms for Wealth Inequality in 119 Communities From the Mexican Migration Project Data

  Open Access•F Garip•Demography•2012

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• Neoliberal politics and state modernization in Chilean penal evolution

  Open Access•Javier Wilenmann•Punishment & Society•2019

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• Governing Poverty in Times of Change

  Open Access•Hernán Cuevas Valenzuela, Miguel Ángel Pablo Cortés Morales•Politics and Governance•2026

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• Gendered Opportunities and Constraints

  Open Access•Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, Alissandra T Stoyan•Political Research Quarterly•2018

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• The Developing World’s “New Middle Classes

  Open Access•Frank‐borge Wietzke, Frank-Borge Wietzke et al.•Perspectives on Politics•2018

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• Considerations on inequality and politics in Thailand

  Kevin Hewison•Democratization•2014

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• Options for Social Policy in Latin America

  E Huber•Welfare States in Transition•1996

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• Conditional Cash Transfers

  Ariel Fiszbein, Norbert R Schady et al.•Conditional cash transfers :…•2009

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• Social Security in Latin America

  Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Carmelo Mesa‐lago•Social Security in Latin America•1978

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• The Politics of Social Security in Brazil

  James M Malloy, James Malloy•Politics of Social Security in…•1979

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• Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States

  Open Access•Duane Swank•Global capital, political…•2002

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• Development and Crisis of the Welfare State

  E Huber, Joyce Stephens et al.•Development and Crisis of the…•2001

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• Welfare States in Transition

  G Esping-Andersen•Welfare States in Transition•1996

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• The Income Distribution Problem in Latin America and the Caribbean

  Samuel A Morley•The Income Distribution Problem…•2001

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• Inequality in Latin America

  David De Ferranti, Guillermo Perry et al.•Inequality in Latin America•2004

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• Latin American Class Structures

  Open Access•A Portes, Kelly M Hoffman et al.•Latin American Research Review•2003

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• Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States

  Cecilia Benoit, Duane Swank•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•2003

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• The impact of tax‐financed pensions on poverty reduction in Latin America

  Open Access•Fabio M Bertranou, Fabio Bertranou et al.•International Social Security…•2004

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• Distribution and Redistribution in Postindustrial Democracies

  Open Access•David Bradley, E Huber et al.•World Politics•2003

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• Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Social Spending in Latin America

  Open Access•Robert R Kaufman, Alex Segura-Ubiergo•World Politics•2001

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• Politics and Social Spending in Latin America

  E Huber, Thomas Mustillo et al.•The Journal of Politics•2008

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• Determinants of Relative Poverty in Advanced Capitalist Democracies

  Stephanie Moller, E Huber et al.•American Sociological Review•2003

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• Politics and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

  Open Access•E Huber, François Nielsen et al.•American Sociological Review•2006

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• Poverty and Inequality in Latin America

  Open Access•Howard J Wiarda•Political Science Quarterly•1999

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• Social Security in Latin America

  J Bailey, John J Bailey et al.•Hispanic American Historical Review•1980

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• Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Constitutional Structure, and the Welfare State

  E Huber, C C Ragin et al.•American Journal of Sociology•1993

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