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Avoiding Governors : Federalism, Democracy, and Poverty Alleviation in Brazil and Argentina /

"With the goal of showing the effect of domestic factors on the performance of poverty alleviation strategies in Latin America, Tracy Beck Fenwick explores the origins and rise of conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) in the region, and then traces the politics and evolution of specific pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fenwick, Tracy Beck, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Politics of Alleviating Poverty and Why Federalism Matters
  • Federalism, the Welfare State, and the Rise of CCTs in Latin America
  • Avoiding Governors and the Success of CCTs in Brazil
  • Factors Encouraging Municipal Actors to Promote National Goals in Brazil
  • CCTs in Argentina and the Politics of Alleviating Poverty
  • Factors Impeding Municipal Actors from Promoting National Goals in Argentina
  • Federalism and the Territorial Distribution of Targeted Social Welfare : In Comparative Perspective.