Media Diversity and the Politics of Social Inequality
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
The relationship between socioeconomic inequality and democratic politics has been one of the central questions in the social sciences from Aristotle on. Recent waves of democratization combined with deepened global inequalities have made understanding this relationship ever more crucial. In The Great Gap, Merike Blofield seeks to contribute to this understanding by analyzing inequality and politics in the region with the highest socioeconomic inequalities in the world: Latin America. The chapters, by prominent scholars in their fields, address the socioeconomic context and inequality of opportunities; elite culture, public opinion, and media framing; capital mobility, campaign financing, representation and gender equality policies; and taxation and social policies.
Recommended Citation
Hughes, S. and Paola Prado. (2011) “Media Diversity and the Politics of Social Inequality.” In The Great Gap: Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Latin America. Merike Blofield, editor. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press.
Comments
Published by Pennsylvania State University Press.