Institutions, inequality and development / Maria Ziegler.
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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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt :
Peter Lang, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,
[2011]
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| Series: | Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik ;
31. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access Access via Directory of Open Access Books |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3631605412 9783631605417 |
| ISSN: | 1439-3395 ; |