ABSTRACT
The expansion of citizenship rights, responsible for producing more equality at the domestic level, is co-responsible for keeping the income distance between citizens from different countries as these rights are reserved for nationals—the "transnationalization of social rights" remains an unfulfilled promise. Based especially on the rise of China as a major economic player, world-historical analysts expect a shift in global structures that sustain long-term between-country income inequalities. Recent economic growth in Latin America goes hand-in-hand with a deterioration of welfare in terms of quality of life in Latin American cities due to a lack of public investments in infrastructure and urban services. De-centering inequality research should have first priority in order to incorporate research findings produced in different world regions. The entangled inequalities approach has been further developed in the study of the dynamics of inequalities in Latin America. This enabled us to be precise about how historical entanglements shape present social inequalities.
