Social protection and the market in Latin America
Subtitle: the transformation of social security institutions
By: Sarah M. Brooks.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780521877671; 9780521701495
Subjects: Social security -- Latin America; Pensions -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-365) and index.
Table of contents: title: Welfare state transformation: from social protection to the market; title: Explaining structural pension reform: theoretical debate and empirical evidence; title: The institutional transformation of social security; title: Pension reform in Latin America: overview and scope of institutional transformation; title: Pension reform in an open economy: negotiating globalization's double bind; title: Contesting institutional change in society: where political strategies meet institutional legacies; title: Legislative conflict and institutional change: building majorities behind loss-imposing reform; title: A new social contract?