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In line with developments observed in several Latin American countries, inequalities in Brazil have significantly declined since the Workers' Party, PT, came to power in 2003. During the two administrations of former President Lula da Silva (2003-2006 and 2007- 2010) and the first administration of President Dilma Rousseff (2010-2014), economic growth, improvements in labor market, progress in deprived regions and pro-poor policies interacted positively as drivers of inequality reduction. But due to the recent economic stagnation and political instability, Rousseff, in her new administration (2015- 2018), is facing serious difficulties in sustaining the social gains obtained during the last twelve years. It seems that continuing the progress in inequality reduction in times of low economic growth requires deeper structural changes such as a progressive tax reform in order to effectively redistribute resources from the rich to the underprivileged classes. This paper discusses recent developments in Brazil from the perspective of entangled inequalities, a concept applied here with the objective of enlarging the narrow definition of inequality brought forward by hegemonic scholarship. After a brief introduction into the conceptual framework of entangled inequalities, the paper presents, in its second section, an overview of recent changes in Brazilian social structure. The third section discusses the role of the Brazilian state in reducing inequalities. Finally, recent developments in Brazil with regard to the entangled inequalities framework are assessed.

Based on a multi-sited ethnographic case study on transnational care chains between Milan (Italy) and Lima, Huancayo, and Cuzco (Peru), the book explores how social inequalities are reproduced through the care practices that follow the introduction of Peruvian migrants into home-based elderly care. Anna Katharina Skornia adopts an innovative approach in combining research on transnational care and migration with a perspective on entangled inequalities. In particular, the study sheds light on the role of state regulations in contributing to these inequalities as well as their ambiguous implicat

Based on a multi-sited ethnographic case study on transnational care chains between Milan (Italy) and Lima, Huancayo, and Cuzco (Peru), the book explores how social inequalities are reproduced through the care practices that follow the introduction of Peruvian migrants into home-based elderly care.Anna Katharina Skornia adopts an innovative approach in combining research on transnational care and migration with a perspective on entangled inequalities. In particular, the study sheds light on the role of state regulations in contributing to these inequalities as well as their ambiguous implications from the perspectives of both caregivers and receivers.

From primitive accumulation to entangled accumulation: developments in the Marxist theory of capitalist expansion -- Port, capital and the capital city -- Capitalism and slavery in the port of Rio de Janeiro -- From the first attempts at industrialisation to financialisation: 'Little Africa' vs Porto Maravilha -- Crisis anchored at the port.

Unlike other regions around the world, several Latin American countries have managed to reduce income inequality over the last decade. Higher growth rates and growing employment, but also innovative wage policies and social programs, have contributed to reducing poverty and narrow income disparities. Yet, despite this progress, nation-states in the region demonstrate little capacity to substantially change their patterns of deeply rooted inequalities. Focusing on the limits and challenges of redistributive policies in Latin America, this volume synthesizes and updates the discussion of inequality in the region, introducing the perspective of global and transnational interdependencies. The book explores the extent to which redistributive policies have been interlinked with the provision and quality of public goods as well as with structural changes of the productive sector. Inspired by structuralist and neostructuralist thinking of Latin American economists, such as RaAdl Prebisch and Celso Furtado, authors question the redistributive impact of the interplay of recent macroeconomic, fiscal and social policies, particularly under left and center-left administrations committed to greater equality. Bringing together experts in social, fiscal and macroeconomic policies to investigate the interdependent and global character of inequalities, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, economics, development and politics with interests in Latin America, inequality and public policy.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Convivial bonds -- 1. The neglected nexus between conviviality and inequality -- 2. Political conviviality and the role of opposition and opponents in late twentieth-century Latin American political discourse -- 3. Railways and conviviality: The fringes of progress in Minas Gerais, 1841-1930 -- 4. In search of conviviality in Latin American cities: An essay from urban anthropology -- PART TWO: Conviviality between norm and praxis -- 5. Imperial conviviality: Producing difference in the TransAtlantic Iberian world -- 6. Mestizaje and conviviality in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico -- 7. Syncretism and pluralism in the configuration of religious diversity in Brazil -- PART THREE: Contested conviviality -- 8. Conviviality on the brink: Blackness, Africanness and marginality in Rio de Janeiro -- 9. Routine violence and the limits of conviviality in a colonial society -- 10. Fighting against or coexisting with drought?: Conviviality, inequality, and peasant mobility in Northeast Brazil -- 11. Epistemologies for conviviality, or zumbification -- Final reflections -- Index.

Examining the inequalities imposed on borderland inhabitants by the de facto one-way cross-border bridge between French Guiana and northern Brazil, and the ways in which they deal with them, this book shows how the region s European-American borderland illuminates entangled histories and their concomitant inequalities on a large scale