Alex Segura-Ubiergo

Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America (eBook, PDF)

Globalization, Democracy, and Development

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511287480
• Artikelnr.: 38185260

Autorenporträt

Alex Segura-Ubiergo is Resident Representative in Senegal and the Gambia for the International Monetary Fund, where he has served as an economist since 2001. Dr. Segura-Ubiergo is the recipient of the Mancur Olson Award for the best dissertation in political economy in 2001(?)1;2002. His articles have appeared in World Politics and Hacienda Pública as well as in the Occasional Papers and Working Papers series of the IMF. He received undergraduate and Master's degrees in both Economics and Political Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and a doctorate from Columbia University, where he held a Fulbright Scholarship.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. The historical evolution of welfare systems in Latin America: qualitative comparative analysis; 3. Theoretical framework and main hypotheses; 4. Determinants of social spending in Latin America: a time-series cross-section analysis, 1973
2003; 5. Chile: a classic Latin America welfare state under authoritarian stress (1973
89) and democratic revolution (1990
2000); 6. Costa Rica: globalization, gradual reform, and the politics of compensation, 1973
2002; 7. Peru: political instability, regime change and late economic reform in a (non-)welfare state, 1973
2002; 8. Conclusion: summary and final reflections on the sustainability and effectiveness of Latin American welfare systems.

Rezensionen

“Like quantum physics, if you think that you understand the political economy of the evolution of the welfare state, then you don't. So in either case-because you already know that you don't understand it, or because you mistakenly think you do-then you will greatly benefit from Alex Segura-Ubiergo's careful and insightful study. This book is an important and provocative piece on the evolution of the welfare state in Latin America, where, as in elsewhere, the conflicting pressures of globalization on social protection (increased demand vs. reduced effective provision) pose one of the most challenging social issues today. Moreover, the lessons drawn from this thorough research ought to be relevant for countries in all regions, and all stages of democracy and development.” -- Eduardo Ley, Lead Economist, World Bank