Umfang:
ca. 192 S.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781137308412
Serie:
Developmental pathways to poverty reduction
Inhalt:
Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services). This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few successful cases of double incorporation in the periphery.
Inhalt:
Few developing countries have succeeded in simultaneously providing good jobs and access to social services for all. Large informal sectors and segmented social policies that provide benefits to only a small minority are among the problems that have hampered developing countries' ability to secure the double incorporation to the market and to social services. This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few successful exceptions. The authors concentrate on the essential role of the state in expanding public employment, promoting small firms and cooperatives and creating generous and
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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A country that tamed an elusive challengeTwo distinct phases of market incorporation -- The social policy regime: creation, expansion and resilience -- The state as the central actor: elites, ideas and legacies -- Conclusion: what can we learn from the Costa Rican case?
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Good Jobs and Social Services : How Costa Rica achieved the elusive double incorporation
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1057/9781137308429
URN:
10.1057/9781137308429
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