Institutions, Inequality and Development

• Autor principal: Ziegler, Maria (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2012
• Colección: Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics 31
• Materias: Gender studies: women; Political science & theory; Political structure & processes; Health economics; Bolivia; Development; Gender; Health; Indigenous population; Inequality; Institutions; Ziegler
• Acceso en línea: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Sumario

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.

Descripción Física

1 electronic resource (224 p.)

ISBN

978-3-653-00576-9
9783653005769

Acceso

Open Access