Dados is one of the most widely-read social sciences journals in Latin America. Created in 1966, it publishes innovative works, originating from academic research, by Brazilian and foreign authors. Edited by IESP-UERJ, it aims to reconcile scientific rigor and academic excellence with an emphasis on public debate based on the analysis of substantive issues of society and politics.
Dados vol. 56 n. 1 Rio de Janeiro jan./mar. 2013
Abstract
The theoretical premise defended by this article is that the contents of equality are specified and transformed according to a society's structural and historical conditioning factors. To argue this hypothesis, the article draws on the results of three studies in Chile, showing that two relevant effects are shaped in the interface between the wave of expansion of the principle of equality in recent decades and society's own characteristics: the rise of new demands for equality, with social ties as their main mechanism of expression, and the deepening of the denouncement of a particular kind of inequalities (defined here as interactional).
Keywords: equality, social ties, normative principles, social ideals, interactional inequalities, perception of inequalities
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582013000100005
Equality in social ties: socio-historical processes and new perceptions of inequality in chilean society
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