The political dimension of inequality during economic development

Denis Cogneau ()

No DT/2009/10, Working Papers from DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation)

Abstract: 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. _________________________________ Les penseurs européens des Lumières avaient raison de mettre en avant la dimension politique de l’inégalité, plutôt que de la renvoyer à l’expression de différences naturelles, comme d’autres l’ont fait après eux aux XIXè et XXè siècle. En m’appuyant sur des contributions théoriques et empiriques récentes en sciences sociales et particulièrement en économie, j’essaie d’esquisser les lignes d’un programme de recherche consacré à la politique des inégalités d’une part, et aux inégalités politiques d’autre part.

Keywords: Inequality; Development; Political economy; Long-term history; Inégalité; Développement; Economie Politique; Histoire longue. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B2 N3 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2009-11
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