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Social Development in Latin America : The Politics of Reform / ed. by Allison M. Garland, Joseph S. Tulchin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Woodrow Wilson Center Current Studies on Latin America
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- While previous analyses of public-sector reform efforts in Latin America have focused largely on strategies to redefine the role of the state in the economy, there is a growing realization that social reform—addressing such issues as poverty, inequality, and unemployment—is a condition on which economic and political stability rest. This volume provides a wide-ranging analysis of social- welfare reform in the region, examining in particular the politics involved in implementing difficult and controversial social policies that often pit the middle strata of society, represented by powerful stakeholders, against the poor.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 The Politics and Administration of Social Development in Latin America
- PART 1 SOCIAL POLICY REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA
- 2 The Social Agenda and the Politics of Reform in Latin America
- 3 Reforming Social Sector Governance: A Political Perspective
- 4 From Safety Nets to Social Sector Reform: Lessons from the Developing Countries for the Transition Economies1
- 5 Safety Nets and Service Delivery: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?
- PART 2 CASE STUDIES
- 6 Overcoming Poverty in Chile
- 7 Chile: The Dark Side of a Successful Housing Policy
- 8 What Significance Hath Reform? The View from the Mexican Barrio
- 9 The Social Consequences of Political Reforms: Decentralization and Social Policy in Venezuela
- 10 The Social Agenda in Argentina: A Review of Retirement and Employment Policies
- Selected Bibliography
- The Contributors
- Index
- About the Book
- The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)
- ISBN:
- 1-68585-007-3
- OCLC:
- 1378174554
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