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Against a broader backdrop of globalization and worldwide moves toward political democracy, The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America examines the unfolding relationships among social change, equity, and the democratic representation of the poor in Latin America. Recent Latin American governments have turned away from redistributive policies; at the same time, popular political and social organizations have been generally weakened, inequality has increased, and the gap between rich and poor has grown. Hanging in the balance is the consolidation and the quality of new or would-be democracies; this volume suggests that governments must find not just short-term programmes to alleviate poverty, but long-term means to ensure the effective integration of the poor into political life. The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America bridges the intellectual chasm between, on the one hand, studies of grassroots politics, and on the other, explorations of elite politics and formal institution-building. It will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Latin American politics and society and, more generally, in the vicissitudes of democracy and citizenship in the late twentieth-century global system.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: New Politics of Inequality in Latin America
• Subtitle: Rethinking Participation and Representation
• Author: Douglas A. Chalmers, Carlos M. Vilas, Katherine Hite
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 662
• EAN: 9780198781837
• ISBN: 0198781830
• ID: 04528761
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 1050 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 156 × 39 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. January 1997

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