Institutions, Inequality and Development

Maria Ziegler

ISBN 10: 3631605412 / ISBN 13: 9783631605417

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2011, 2011

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Neuware -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. 226 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Institutions, Inequality and Development
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631605412
• ISBN 13: 9783631605417
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Maria Ziegler, born in Stollberg (Germany) in 1980, studied Public Policy and Management at the University of Konstanz and the University Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne. Between 2006 and 2010 she was a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics at the University of Göttingen. During her studies she also worked as a consultant for various international agencies in Latin America and Africa.