Format:
xx, 342 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780226356556
Content:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Content:
&P&Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage.&/P&&DIV&In &i&Democracy and the Left,&/i& Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens argue that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. In addition to directly affecting public policy, democratic institutions enable left-leaning political parties to emerge, significantly influencing the allocation of social spending on poverty
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Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acronyms; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework and Methodological Approach; Chapter 3. Strategy for Redistribution and Poverty Reduction; Chapter 4. The Development of Social Policy Regimes in the ISI Period; Chapter 5. The Determinants of Social Spending, Inequality, and Poverty: Quantitative Evidence; Chapter 6. Neoliberal Reforms and the Turn to Basic Universalism; Chapter 7. Iberia and the Advanced Latin American Social Policy Regimes: Explaining the Different Trajectories; Chapter 8. Conclusion
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NotesReferences; Index;
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ISBN 9780226356525
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226356532
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0226356523
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0226356531
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Democracy and the left
Language:
English
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