| Description |
xxvi, 503 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Exclusion and Engagement: a Diagnosis of Social Policy in Latin America in the Long Run / Christopher Abel and Colin M. Lewis -- Ch. 2. Social Policy Delivery: the New Economic Model and the Reform of the State / Pascual Gerstenfeld -- Ch. 3. Debates on the Effects of Macroeconomic Policy on Poverty / Miguel Urrutia -- Ch. 4. Despite the Odds: the Political Economy of Social Sector Reform in Latin America / Merilee S. Grindle -- Ch. 5. Citizenship, Social Policy and Population Change / Bryan R. Roberts -- Ch. 6. Some Conceptual and Substantive Limitations of Contemporary Western (Global) Discourses of Rights and Social Justice / John Gledhill -- Ch. 7. Globalisation, Equity and Health in Latin America / Antonio Ugalde, Nuria Homedes and Anthony Zwi -- Ch. 8. Health, Equity and Social Exclusion in Argentina and Mexico / Peter Lloyd-Sherlock -- Ch. 9. Intergenerational Transfers in Income, Health and Social Security: the Experiences of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia / Maria Cristina Gomes de Conceicao -- Ch. 10. Ideology and the New Social Security in the Argentine / Ruben M. Lo Vuolo -- Ch. 11. Gender Relations and Social Security in Southern Brazil / Anita Brumer -- Ch. 12. Ideology and Education: Equity and Efficiency / Marcial Boo -- Ch. 13. Education Reform in Latin America: Decentralisation or Restructuring / Andrew Nickson -- Ch. 14. Paradoxes of Chilean Education Reform, 1989-2000 / Ernesto Schiefelbein and Paulina Schiefelbein -- Ch. 15. Housing Policy and Legal Entitlements: Survival Strategies of the Urban Poor / Alan Gilbert -- Ch. 16. Cuba: the Retreat from Entitlement? / Claes Brundenius -- Ch. 17. Whose Crisis?: Public and Popular Reactions to Family Change in Costa Rica / Sylvia Chant -- Ch. 18. Rural Poverty and Policy: Mexico and Colombia Compared / Alicia Puyana |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Latin America -- Congresses.
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| SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116003
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Latin America -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074916
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Lewis, Colin M.
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Abel, Christopher.
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University of London. Institute of Latin American Studies.
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| LC no. |
2003363117 |
| ISBN |
1900039508 paperback |
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