Ethnicity and the Persistence of Inequality

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   • Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 1-14

3. The Complexity and Salience of Ethnic Identity in Peru

   • Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 15-44

4. Measuring Group Inequalities

   • Adolfo Figueroa, Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 45-69

5. Persistent Inequalities in Education

   • Adolfo Figueroa, Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 70-88

6. The Historical Embedding of Group Inequalities: From the Colony to the War with Chile

   • Carlos Contreras, Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 89-107

7. The Embedding of Regional Inequality and the Consequences for Group Inequalities: The 1890s to the 1960s

   • Carlos Contreras, Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 108-135

8. The Evolving Crisis and Consequences for Group Inequality, 1968–90

   • Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 136-169

9. The Fujimori Years: The Remaking of Political and Economic Exclusion

   • Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

   Pages 170-203

10. Conclusion

    • Rosemary Thorp, Maritza Paredes

    Pages 204-216

11. Back Matter

    Pages 217-238

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Understanding why inequality is so great and has persevered for centuries in a number of Latin American countries requires tools that go beyond economics. Investigating the case of Peru, this book explores how inequality is embedded in institutions that constitute the interface between the economy, the polity and geography of the country.

• Chile
• complexity
• identity
• latin american politics
• development policy

CARLOS CONTRERAS is Professor of Economics of the Catholic University of Lima, Peru ADOLFO FIGUEROA is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Senior Researcher at Centrum Business School, Catholic University of Peru DAVID SULMONT is Associate Professor at the Social Science Department of the Catholic University of Peru, and Director of Studies of the Master's Degree in Sociology

Policies and ethics