Unequal Latin America
Eight emblematic cases to understand inequalities

In recent decades, continuing historical struggles dating back to the colonial era, Latin America has reaffirmed itself as a land of “resistance” through significant protests and uprisings in favor of greater social and spatial justice. Protests advocating for more equity have not lost intensity in Latin America, and they help keep the question of the state's role at the center of political debate, thereby reminding us that inequalities must be addressed as an “object of public action.” This presents a major challenge in a region where citizenship increasingly views the functioning of institutions with mistrust and becomes aware of the limits of economic growth as a means to achieve well-being. This book aims to contribute along these lines by identifying the historical elements underlying the construction of these inequalities, the mechanisms of their reproduction, and some exemplary forms and cases that have managed to overcome them.

Unequal Latin America

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