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Institutions, Inequality and Development

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The book focuses on the linkages between institutions, inequality and development. It analyzes formal political institutions, in particular the relationship between democracy and human development. It also centers on informal social institutions leading to the exclusion of population groups such as...

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Main Author: Ziegler, Maria (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2012
Series:Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics 31
Subjects:
Gender studies: women
Political science & theory
Political structure & processes
Health economics
Bolivia
Development
Gender
Health
Indigenous population
Inequality
Institutions
Ziegler
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Summary:The book focuses on the linkages between institutions, inequality and development. It analyzes formal political institutions, in particular the relationship between democracy and human development. It also centers on informal social institutions leading to the exclusion of population groups such as women and indigenous people. To measure these institutions in the case of gender inequality the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices are proposed and for the indigenous «disadvantage» the indigenous dummy is used. The dissertation shows that formal and informal institutions affect human development, the governance of a society and inequality.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (224 p.)
ISBN:978-3-653-00576-9
9783653005769
Access:Open Access

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