The Political Effects of Inequality in Latin America
Some Inconvenient Facts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6140979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert R Kaufman (0000-0001-8542-0415, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-379 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4159 • E-ISSN: 2151-6227 |
| Publisher | Comparative Politics CUNY (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5129/001041509x12911362972359 |
| OpenAlex | W2322807493 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 10 |
Referring to the extreme economic and racial inequalities that have characterized his country since the colonial era, Fernando Henrique Cardoso has famously said that Brazil is no longer an underdeveloped country, but an unjust one. Surveys of mass publics throughout Latin America indicate that large majorities hold similar views about their own societies. All but small percentages in each country agree that the current distribution of income is unfair or very unfair.1 There is also evidence that inequality retards economic growth.2 But even if that were not the case, we should still care a great deal about the inherent injustice of societies with such high concentrations of wealth and income
Development economics · Economics · Inequality · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Mathematics · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 55 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 52 |