This book examines how transformations in Brazil's social, economic and political organization affect the demographic behaviour of people who live in different parts of the country and who occupy different positions in the social system. The authors review the history of unequal development and...

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1. Verfasser:	Wood, Charles H. 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1988
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge Latin American studies 67
Schlagworte:	Wirtschaft Income distribution / Brazil Sterblichkeit Wirtschaftsentwicklung Soziale Ungleichheit Einkommensverteilung Brasilien Brazil / Population Brazil / Economic conditions / 1945-
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	This book examines how transformations in Brazil's social, economic and political organization affect the demographic behaviour of people who live in different parts of the country and who occupy different positions in the social system. The authors review the history of unequal development and document the concentration of income and land ownership. Using data from the 1970 and 1980 censuses, they show how the Brazilian style of economic growth unequally affected different population subgroups. Mortality estimates for white and non-white people measure the consequences of racial inequality on the life chances of children. Other chapters investigate rural out-migration, the impact of Amazon colonization schemes on rural poverty, and the implications of differential rates of population growth among rich and poor households for future patterns of inequality and underemployment. The overall perspective places the concept of inequality at the centre of the study of demographic and structural change
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xii, 303 pages)
ISBN:	9780511759901
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511759901