This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book brings together a range of ideas and theories to arrive at a deeper understanding of inequality in

The essays included in this volume provide both an assessment of key areas and current trends in sociology, specifically with regard to contemporary sociology i

In the past thirty years, women's representation and gender equality has developed unevenly in Latin America. Some countries have experienced large increases in

While there is a strongly held belief that Latin American societies are highly discriminatory, the economic profession has found relatively little evidence for

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