Showing posts with label Welfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Welfare. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2015

Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America




Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America by Professor Jennifer Pribble


English | 2013 | ISBN: 1107030226, 1107459885 | 232 pages | PDF | 1 MB




Systems of social protection can provide crucial assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in society, but not all systems are created equally. In Latin America, social policies have historically exhibited large gaps in coverage and high levels of inequality in benefit size. Since the late 1990s, countries in this region have begun to grapple with these challenges, enacting a series of reforms to healthcare, social assistance, and education policy. While some of these initiatives have moved in a universal direction, others have maintained existing segmentation or moved in a regressive direction. Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America explores this variation in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Venezuela, finding that the design of previous policies, the intensity of electoral competition, and the character of political parties all influence the nature of contemporary social policy reform in Latin America.












Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Government, Governance and Welfare Reform: Structural Changes and Subsidiarity in Italy and Britain by Alberto Brugnoli




Government, Governance and Welfare Reform: Structural Changes and Subsidiarity in Italy and Britain by Alberto Brugnoli


English | 31 Dec. 2012 | ISBN: 184844477X | 200 Pages | PDF | 3 MB




This unique and original book focuses on institutional changes, welfare reforms and transformations in both Britain and Italy over the last three decades. The book illustrates that although it was a widely held belief in both countries that the arena of social and economic governance would shift to the national level, to the surprise of many, a different trend has emerged.