02601nam0a22003013i 4500003003200000005001700032007000300049008004100052020001800093020001500111040001700126041000900143050002500152082001000177100002800187245011500215260006500330300005000395505043800445520112700883650004002010650003102050650004102081650004902122650004302171651005402214700003102268http://id.sbn.it/bid/USM191779620230411090141.0ta170919s2012 ilu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9780226356532 a0226356531 bspacBJBSDDR aeng  aHN 110.5bH877d 2012 a303.31 aHuber, Evelyne, d1950-10aDemocracy and the left :bsocial policy and inequality in Latin America /cEvelyne Huber and John D. Stephens. aChicago, Ill. : bThe University of Chicago Press, c©2012. axx, 342 p. : bil., gráf., tablas ; c23 cm aIntroduction -- Theoretical framework and methodological approach -- Strategy for redistribution and poverty reduction -- The development of social policy regimes in the ISI period -- The determinants of social spending, inequality, and poverty : quantitative evidence -- Neoliberal reforms and the turn to basic universalism -- Iberia and the advanced Latin American social policy regimes : explaining the different -- Trajectories. aAlthough inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. In Democracy and the Left, Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens argue that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. In addition to directly affecting public policy, democratic institutions enable left-leaning political parties to emerge, significantly influencing the allocation of social spending on poverty and inequality. But while democracy is an important determinant of redistributive change, it is by no means the only factor. Drawing on a wealth of data, Huber and Stephens present quantitative analyses of eighteen countries and comparative historical analyses of the five most advanced social policy regimes in Latin America, showing how international power structures have influenced the direction of their social policy. They augment these analyses by comparing them to the development of social policy in democratic Portugal and Spain.  4aPolítica socialzAmérica Latina 4aIgualdadzAmérica Latina 4aEstado benefactor zAmérica Latina 4aDistribución del ingresozAmérica Latina 4aEstado de bienestar zAmérica Latina 4aAmérica LatinaxCondiciones sociales ySiglo XX1 aStephens, John D., d1947-