Paths of Inequality in Brazil (eBook)

Marta Arretche is Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, full professor of the Department of Political Science and Vice-provost for research at the University of São Paulo (USP). She holds a PhD in Social Science by the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and was a visiting fellow at the MIT and at the European University Institute. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the journal Brazilian Political Science Review.  

Introduction Part I: Political Participation Chapter 1 – Political Participation in Brazil Chapter 2 – Councils, Associations, and Inequality Part II – Education and Income Chapter 3 – Educational Stratification Among Youth in Brazil: 1960-2010 Chapter 4 – Education and Inequality in Brazil Chapter 5 – Horizontal Stratification in Brazil’s Higher Education (1960-2010) Chapter 6 – Racial Inequalities in Brazil: A Persistent Challenge Part III – Public Policies Chapter 7 – The Geography of Access to Basic Services in Brazil Chapter 8 – Housing and Urban Conditions in Brazil Chapter 9 – Health and Inequalities in Brazil Part IV – Demographics Chapter 10 – Brazil’s Internal Migration Over the Past 50 Years: (Dis)continuities and Ruptures Chapter 11 – Fifty Years of Gender Relations and Generation in Brazil: Changes and Continuities Chapter 12 – Religious Transition in Brazil Part V – Labor Market Chapter 13 – Economic Development and Inequalities in Brazil: 1960-2010 Chapter 14 – Commodification of Labor in Brazil’s Labor Market] (1960-2010) Conclusion: A Half-Century of Change