Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Federico Estévez, Beatriz Magaloni

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief

Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 257
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781316505892
• ISBN-10: 1316505898
• Artikelnr.: 49442130

Autorenporträt

Alberto Diaz-Cayeros is Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: 1. Poverty relief in Latin America
2. Poverty relief in Mexico - a geographic approach
3. Political machines and vote buying
4. Clientelism and the political manipulation of Pronasol
Part II: The consequences of clientelism and entitlements
5. Improving communities - transfers and basic public services
6. Saving lives - social programs and infant mortality rates
7. Electoral pay-offs of antipoverty programs
Conclusion - the future of social protection.