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The political economy of the welfare state in Latin America : = globalization, democracy, and development /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The political economy of the welfare state in Latin America :/ Alex Segura-Ubiergo.
Reminder of title:	globalization, democracy, and development /
Author:	Segura-Ubiergo, Alex,
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 320 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Welfare state - Latin America. -
Subject:	Latin America - Economic conditions. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510984
ISBN:	9780511510984 (ebook)

The political economy of the welfare state in Latin America : = globalization, democracy, and development /
Segura-Ubiergo, Alex,

The political economy of the welfare state in Latin America :globalization, democracy, and development /Alex Segura-Ubiergo. - 1 online resource (xix, 320 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction -- The historical evolution of welfare systems in Latin America -- Theoretical framework and main hypotheses -- Determinants of social spending in Latin America -- Chile : a classic Latin American welfare state under authoritarian stress (1973-1989) and democratic reinvention (1990-2000) -- Costa Rica : globalization, gradual reform, and the politics of compensation, 1973-2002 -- Peru : political instability, regime change and late economic reform in a (non)-welfare state, 1973-2000 -- Conclusion : summary and final reflections on the sustainability and effectiveness of Latin American welfare systems.

This book, published in 2007, was 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 processes of globalization and democratization. The book focuses on Latin America to identify factors associated with the evolution of welfare state policies during the pre-globalization period prior to 1979, whilst studying how globalization and democratization have affected governments' fiscal commitment to social spending. In contrast with the Western European experience, more developed welfare systems evolved in countries relatively closed to international trade, while the recent process of globalization that has swept the region has put substantial downward pressure on social security expenditures. Health and education spending has been relatively protected from greater exposure to international markets and has actually increased substantially with the shift to democracy.

ISBN: 9780511510984 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

1445327
Welfare state
--Latin America.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

564393
Latin America
--Economic conditions.

LC Class. No.: HN110.5.A8 / S42 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 330.12/6

The political economy of the welfare state in Latin America : = globalization, democracy, and development /
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