Social Development in Latin America
Subtitle: The Politics of Reform (Woodrow Wilson Center Current Studies on Latin America)
Contributors: Joseph S. Tulchin (Editor); Allison M. Garland (Editor)
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781555878436
Subjects: Central government policies; Social issues; Social welfare & social services; Social Situations And Conditions; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Central America; South America; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Public Policy - Social Policy; 1980-; 1982-; Case studies; Latin America; Politics and government; Social Policy; Social conditions
Description: "This volume provides a wideranging 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."--BOOK JACKET.