The political dimension of inequality during economic development

Journal article: 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.

Author(s)

Denis Cogneau

Journal
  • Région et Développement
Date of publication
  • 2012
Keywords JEL
B2 N3 O1
Keywords
  • Inequality
  • Development
  • Political Economy
  • Long term history
Pages
  • 11-36
Version
  • 1