The Political Dimension of Inequality During Economic Development

European Enlightenment thinkers were right in stressing the political dimension of inequality, rather than referring to "natural differences" as some others did after them in the 19th or 20th centuries. Drawing from recent theoretical and empirical contributions in social sciences and in particular in economics, I try to sketch the lines of a research program dedicated to the politics of inequality on the one hand, to political inequalities on the other hand.

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Authors:	Cogneau, Denis
Institutions:	Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)
Subject:	Long-Term History \| Economie politique \| Histoire longue \| Inégalité \| Développement \| Inequality \| Development \| Political Economy

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economics Papers from University Paris Dauphine.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925 ; N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income and Wealth ; O1 - Economic Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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