Uneven Trajectories
Latin American Societies in the Twenty-First Century

Presents the main characteristics of the current social structure in Latin America.

Gabriela Benza (Author), Gabriel Kessler (Author)

9781108745390, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 13 February 2020

75 pages
22.8 x 15 x 0.5 cm, 0.2 kg

This Element presents the main characteristics of the current social structure in Latin America. It focuses on demographic trends, migration, families, incomes, education, health and housing, and examine the general policy trends for all of these issues. The main questions are: what is the social structure in Latin America like today? What changes have taken place in recent decades, particularly since the turn of the millennium? The authors argue that although in some dimensions there are continuities, including the persistence of problems from the past, they believe that the Latin American social structure, viewed as a whole, experienced significant transformations.

1. Introduction
2. Population
3. Inequality
4. Education, health and housing
5. Has Latin American society changed?
References.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], Hispanic & Latino studies [JFSL4]