Latin America: A New Developmental Welfare State in the Making?

By: Riesco, Manuel

Introduction; S.M.Draibe & M.Riesco PART I: LATIN AMERICA, MODERNIZING ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE 21ST CENTURY Latin America: A New Developmental Welfare State Model in the Making? S.M.Draibe & M.Riesco PART II: IN THE HIGHLANDS OF ANCIENT AMERICAN EMPIRES Mexico's Welfare State: Birth, Growth and Retrenchment (1822-2002); V.Brachet-M?rquez Social Policy in a Development Context: The Case of Peru; F.Sagasti, F.Prada & M.Baz?n PART III: IN THE RICH SHORES OF LATE IMMIGRANTS Social Policy and Economic Regime in Argentina: Crisis and Retrenchment of Social Protection; A.C.Barbeito & L.Goldberg Uruguay's Social and Economic Challenges and Its Policy Responses; M.Bonino, H-j.Kwon & A.Peyre Dutrey PART IV: IN THE IMPERIAL IMMENSITIES, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY ISLAND, OF FORMER AMERICAN SLAVERY The Brazilian Developmental Welfare State: Rise, Decline and Perspectives; S.M.Draibe Social Policies in Cuba within the Context of Development (1902-2002); J.A.D?az V?zquez & J.Carranza Vald?s PART V: IN THE MEAGRE FRINGES OF EARLY AMERICAN SETTLERS Social Policy and Social Reform 'Costa Rican Style': A Paradigmatic Case of Heterodoxy in the Context of a Peripheral Economy; M.Barahona, L.G?endell & C.Castro Valverde Developmental Welfare State and Social Change in Chile; M.A.Illanes & M.Riesco

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349283487
• ISBN13: 9781349283484
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"