The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America
Subtitle: Globalization, Democracy, and Development
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521871112
Subjects: Central government policies; Health systems & services; Political economy; Social welfare & social services; 21st century; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Latin America; Economic Conditions; Government - Comparative; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Globalization; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Case studies; Public welfare; Welfare state
Description: "This book is one of the first attempts to analyze how developing countries through the early twenty-first century have established systems of social protection and how these systems have been affected by the recent processes of globalization and democratization. The book focuses on Latin America, a pioneer in welfare state development in the developing world, to identify factors associated with the evolution of welfare state policies during the preglobalization period prior to 1979 and studies how globalization and democratization in the last thirty years have affected governments' fiscal commitment to social spending."--Jacket.