Ethnicity and the Persistence of Inequality: The Case of Peru (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity)

Understanding Why Inequality Is So Great And Has Persevered For Centuries In A Number Of Latin American Countries Requires Tools That Go Beyond Economics. Inequality Between Indigenous Groups And Others Has Been Particularly Harsh And Persistent. This Book Applies A Truly Interdisciplinary Approach To The Specific Case Of Peru, Seeking Out The Dynamics Of The Interactions Between The Society, The Polity, The Geography And The Economy. Ethnic Discrimination And Prejudice Emerge As Central Themes, Explored Through People's Own Perceptions And Life Experiences. The Book Attempts To Extend The Boundaries Of Our Understanding And Contributes To The Growing Interest In Ethnicity And Conflict By Developing And Exploring The Interactions Between Institutions And The Inequalities Between Groups. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Complexity And Salience Of Ethnic Identity In Peru -- 3. Measuring Group Inequalities -- 4. Persistent Inequalities In Education -- 5. Historical Embedding Of Group Inequalities: From The Colony To The War With Chile -- 6. Embedding Of Regional Inequality And The Consequences For Group Inequalities: The 1890s To The 1960s -- 7. Evolving Crisis And Consequences For Group Inequality 1968-90 -- 8. Fujimori Years: The Remaking Of Political And Economic Exclusion -- 9. Conclusion. Rosemary Thorp And Maritza Paredes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 217-229) And Index. Understanding why inequality is so great and has persevered for centuries in a number of Latin American countries requires tools that go beyond economics. Investigating the case of Peru, this book explores how inequality is embedded in institutions that constitute the interface between the economy, the polity and geography of the country. Understanding why inequality is so great and has persevered for centuries in a number of Latin American countries requires tools that go beyond economics. Inequality between indigenous groups and others has been particularly harsh and persistent. This book applies a truly interdisciplinary approach to the specific case of Peru, seeking out the dynamics of the interactions between the society, the polity, the geography and the economy. Ethnic discrimination and prejudice emerge as central themes, explored through people's own perceptions and life experiences. The book attempts to extend the boundaries of our understanding and contributes to the growing interest in ethnicity and conflict by developing and exploring the interactions between institutions and the inequalities between groups Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 9 List of Figures, Map and Box......Page 11 Preface......Page 12 List of Abbreviations......Page 14 1 Introduction......Page 16 2 The Complexity and Salience of Ethnic Identity in Peru......Page 30 3 Measuring Group Inequalities......Page 60 4 Persistent Inequalities in Education......Page 85 5 The Historical Embedding of Group Inequalities: From the Colony to the War with Chile......Page 104 6 The Embedding of Regional Inequality and the Consequences for Group Inequalities: The 1890s to the 1960s......Page 123 7 The Evolving Crisis and Consequences for Group Inequality, 1968–90......Page 151 8 The Fujimori Years: The Remaking of Political and Economic Exclusion......Page 185 9 Conclusion......Page 219 Bibliography......Page 232 Index......Page 245