Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human De
β Gillette Hall, Harry Anthony Patrinos (eds.)
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2006
π Palgrave Macmillan UK
π English
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Welfare, Poverty and Development in Latin America
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- Palgrave Macmillan UK
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- 1993
- Tongue
- English
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- 464
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- St Antonyβs/Macmillan Series
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- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Evolution of Aggregate Welfare and Development Indicators in Latin America and the OECD, 1950β85....Pages 33-47
Determinants of Social Insurance/Security Costs and Coverage: An International Comparison with a Focus on Latin America....Pages 49-74
Urban Wages and Welfare....Pages 75-107
Self-Help Housing during Recession....Pages 109-132
Growth, Distribution and Basic Needs in Peru and Colombia....Pages 133-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Social Insurance: Ideology and Policy in the Argentine, c. 1920β66....Pages 149-174
Welfare, Oil Workers and the Labour Movement in Venezuela....Pages 175-200
Utopia in Uruguay Redefined: Social Welfare Policy After 1940....Pages 201-219
Education and Training in Colombia, 1940s to 1960s....Pages 221-237
Puerto Rico: A Model of Welfare Capitalism? c. 1945β70....Pages 239-255
Social Equity, Agrarian Transition and Development in Cuba, 1945β90....Pages 257-280
Social Security in Haiti: Informal Initiative in a Welfare-less State....Pages 281-295
Market Modernization Policy in BogotΓ‘: Welfare Consequences for Low-Income Market-Sellers....Pages 297-315
Politics, Equity and Social Security Policy in Brazil: A Case-Study of Statecraft and Citizenship, 1965β85....Pages 317-339
Welfare in Nicaragua: The Somocista and Sandinista Experiences Compared....Pages 341-364
The Campaign Against Absolute Poverty in Colombia: An Evaluation of a Liberal Social Policy....Pages 365-385
Mobilization and the Quest for Recognition: The Struggle of Rural Women in Southern Brazil for Access to Welfare Benefits....Pages 387-404
Non-Governmental Organizations and Development in Brazil under Dictatorship and Democracy....Pages 405-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-437
Chilean Education Policy: Authoritarianism and Democracy....Pages 147-147
Back Matter....Pages 439-451
....Pages 453-458
β¦ Subjects
Regional/Spatial Science; Social Care; Development Studies; History of the Americas; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Modern History
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