The Great Gap: Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Latin America

by Merike Blofield

The relationship between socioeconomic inequality and democratic politics has been one of the central questions in the social sciences from Aristotle on. Recent waves of democratization, combined with deepened global inequalities, have made understanding this relationship ever more crucial. In The Great Gap, Merike Blofield seeks to contribute to this understanding by analyzing inequality and politics in the region with the highest socioeconomic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271050101
• ISBN13: 9780271050102
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"