Democracy Without Equity: Failures of Reform in Brazil

by Kurt Weyland

Book Overview

In Democracy without Equity, Weyland investigates the crucial political issue for many Latin American countries: the possibility for redistributing wealth and power through the democratic process. He focuses on Brazil\u2019s redistributive initiatives in tax policy, social security, and health care. Weyland\u2019s work is based on some 260 interviews with interest group representatives, politicians, and bureaucrats, the publications of interest groups,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822955830
• ISBN13: 9780822955832
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"