Exclusion and Engagement: Social Policy in Latin America - Brossura

University Of London Institute Of Latin American Studies

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1900039508 ISBN 13: 9781900039505

Casa editrice: Univ of London Pr, 2002

Riassunto

This collection offers a reappraisal of social policy in response to the scale of the challenges confronting Latin America. Divided into four sections—Concepts, Models and Practice; Health and Social Security; Education; and Household and Community—the book explores the functions of social policy and the prospects of it's performing a new and more dynamic role. The authors place contemporary social policy in historical perspective, study the connection between growth and welfare, and consider the efficacy of the state in the social sphere from both macro and micro perspectives. Underpinning the collection are issues relating to the question of the social contract between state and citizen and how the exercise of citizenship connects society and

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L'autore:

Christopher Abel is senior lecturer in Latin American history at University College London, and associate fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. Colin M. Lewis is senior lecturer in Latin American economic history at the London School of Economics & Political Science and associate fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

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• Editore: Univ of London Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1900039508
• ISBN 13: 9781900039505
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 350
• Redattore: Abel Christopher, Lewis Colin M.