Uneven social policies : the politics of subnational variation in Latin America / Sara Niedzwiecki, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niedzwiecki, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central-local government relations.

Brazil--Social policy.

Brazil.

Social policy.

Central-local government relations--Brazil.

Latin America--Social policy.

Latin America.

Central-local government relations--Latin America.

Physical Description:

xvii, 256 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Contents:

Social policies and politics in decentralized countries

CCTs, health policies, and why they matter

Subnational variation in social policy implementation

The argument in brief

Alternative explanations and contributions to the literature

Methodology, research design, and selection of cases

Book overview

Explaining social policy implementation

Theoretical framework

Attribution of responsibility or "whom should i thank?"

Political alignments

Policy legacies

Territorial infrastructure

The indirect role of subnational regime type

Conclusions

Mixed methods and multilevel research design

Definition and measurement of the dependent variable

Mixed methods research design

Multilevel case selection strategy

Appendix

Subnational statistical analysis

Variables and operationalization

Statistical techniques and robustness tests

Results: determinants of social policy implementation

Conditional cash transfers in Argentina and Brazil

Asignación universal por hijo in Argentina

Bolsa familia in Brazil

Healthcare policies in Argentina and Brazil

Estrategia saude da familia in Brazil

Plan nacer in argentina

Summary of findings and policy implications

Beyond Argentina and Brazil

Issues for future research

References

Interviews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108472043

1108472044

OCLC:

1027314776