Ethnicity and the Persistence of Inequality: The Case of Peru

by Maritza Paredes, Rosemary Thorp, M. Paredes

Book Overview

Understanding why inequality is so great and has persevered for centuries in a number of Latin American countries requires tools that go beyond economics. Investigating the case of Peru, this book explores how inequality is embedded in institutions that constitute the interface between the economy, the polity and geography of the country.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230280005
• ISBN13: 9780230280007
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"