Gender Inequality in Latin America

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-44292-4
Verlag: de Gruyter Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 176, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

This volume critically examines gender inequality, its origins, and its social and economic implications in Latin America, with a particular focus on Ecuador. For that purpose, Pablo Quiñonez and Claudia Maldonado-Erazo bring together a collection of articles that provide insights from different disciplines, including political economy, history, development studies, political science, microeconomics, and macroeconomics.

In Ecuador, as in Latin America as a whole, women dedicate more time than men to unpaid activities while being discriminated against in multiple areas, including labor markets, politics, and access to high-ranking positions. Furthermore, these problems are even greater for women from rural areas and ethnic minorities.

Contributors include: Rafael Alvarado, María Anchundia Places, Esteban Arévalo, Diana Cabrera Montecé, Edwin Espinoza Piguave, Gabriela Gallardo, Danny Granda, Claudia Maldonado-Erazo, Wendy Mora, Diana Morán Chiquito, Sayonara Morejón, Carlos Moreno-Hurtado, María Moreno Zea, Ana Oña Macías, Pablo Ponce, Pablo Quiñonez, Valeria Recalde, Josefina Rosales, Ximena Songor-Jaramillo, and Daniel Zea.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Quiñonez, Pablo

Weitere Mitwirkende

Quiñonez, Pablo

Maldonado-Erazo, Claudia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Pablo Quiñonez and Claudia Maldonado-Erazo

Part 1: Latin America

1An Overview of Gender Inequality in Latin America from a Political Economy Perspective

Pablo Quiñonez and Claudia Maldonado-Erazo

2Labor and Human Capital Gender Gap and Economic Growth in Latin America

Rafael Alvarado, Pablo Ponce, and Danny Granda

3Debates about Women’s Precarization: Scholz and Federici

Josefina Rosales

4Gender and Economics in Latin America: a Systematic Analysis of Scientific Production in Scopus

Claudia Maldonado-Erazo and Pablo Quiñonez

Part 2: Ecuador

5Gender Imaginary in Ecuador: A Literature Review

Esteban Arévalo

6Gender Wage Gaps in Ecuador

Ximena Songor-Jaramillo and Carlos Moreno-Hurtado

7The Cost of Femininity: Evidence for the City of Guayaquil

Diana Morán, Diana Cabrera, and María Moreno

8Political Representation of Women in the Ecuadorian Legislature

Gabriela Gallardo

Part 3: Rural and Indigenous Women in Ecuador

9The Invisible Economy of Ecuadorian Peasant Women

Valeria Recalde and Daniel Zea

10Inequality of Income and Job Satisfaction in Ecuador between Genders and Ethnic Groups

Diana Cabrera, Edwin Espinoza, and Ana Oña

11Southern Craftswomen: Weaving Networks in the Solidarity Economy

María Anchundia, Wendy Mora, and Sayonara Morejón

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pablo Quiñonez is a Lecturer at the University of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom). He specializes in development economics, political economy, and social policy.

Claudia Maldonado-Erazo is a Lecturer at the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (Ecuador) and a postgraduate student at the University of Extremadura (Spain). She specializes in sustainable territory development, cultural heritage, and tourism.