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Institutions, inequality and development / Maria Ziegler

Author
Ziegler, Maria
Published
Frankfurt : Peter Lang, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Political Institutions and Human Development -- The Social Institutions and Gender Index -- Gender-Related Social Institutions and Development -- Gender-Related Social Institutions and Corruption -- Health Inequality in Bolivia.
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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ISBN
9783653005769 (electronic bk.)
3653005760 (electronic bk.)
3631605412
9783631605417
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-202).
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