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Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
On-line version ISSN 2182-7435
Abstract
ABREU, Alexandre. Portugal’s Inequality Regime: Many Contradictions, Multiple Pressures. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais [online]. 2023, n.130, pp.127-156. Epub May 31, 2023. ISSN 2182-7435. https://doi.org/10.4000/rccs.14479.
This paper applies the concept of inequality regime, in the tradition of the Regulation School, to the analysis of the patterns and drivers of socioeconomic inequality in Portugal in the last few decades. Key empirical patterns are identified with respect to income inequality, top and bottom incomes, wealth inequality, monetary poverty and non-commodified provision of basic goods. We then discuss several underlying processes and mechanisms, namely the capital-labour relation, classification struggles, financialisation, redistribution, and welfare, to account for the identified empirical patterns. We conclude that Portugal’s inequality regime is remarkably contradictory and argue that the country’s success in curbing most measures of inequality in recent times is especially vulnerable to a variety of pressures.
Keywords : income distribution; income inequality; Portugal; Regulation School.