Scheming for the Poor: The Politics of Redistribution in Latin America

by William Ascher and William L. Ascher

Scheming for the Poor is the first comparative analysis of redistributive policymaking in Latin America. William Ascher examines the success or failure of progressive policies launched by nine governments grouped into three regime types--populist, reformist, and radical--over the course of the postwar history of Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

His findings challenge the conventional views that redistribution in Latin America is either...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674790855
• ISBN13: 9780674790858
• Release Date: March 1984
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"