The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America b... - 9781107410664

The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin AmericaGlobalization, Democracy, and Development\nAuthor(s): Alex Segura-Ubiergo\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107410664, 978-1107410664\nSynopsis\nThis book is 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 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 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 proce.