Inequality in Latin America ; Breaking with History?

from the Table of Contents: Acknowledgments; Summary; Introduction: Motivation and Conceptual Framework; The Nature of Inequality in Latin America: Different Lives. Inequality in Latin America; Group-Based Inequalities. The Roles of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender; The Determinants of Inequality in Latin America: Historical Roots of Inequality in Latin America; State-Society Interactions as Sources of Persistence and Change in Inequality; Economic Mechanisms for the Persistence of High Inequality in Latin America; Policies for Lower Inequality: Policies on Assets and Services; Policies on Markets and Institutions; Taxation, Public Expenditures, and Transfers; Statistical Appendix;