The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-521-87111-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 707 g

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 recent 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 in the last 25 years 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Segura-Ubiergo, Alex

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Gesundheitsökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 (1973-1989) 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.

Über Autor(innen)

Segura-Ubiergo, Alex
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 2001-2002. 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.