Forbearance as Redistribution: The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781107174078 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 400 str.

Alisha Holland

Opis

The book explains why and when laws go unenforced in developing countries.

Recenzje

'I found the book to be a very important contribution to the literature in the Global South on welfare provision, urban governance and electoral theory since it sheds light on the bi-directional complex relationship between the state and society, using housing and employment as a lens to study the political structures of cities.' Irene Farah, Urban Studies

Spis treści

1. An electoral theory of forbearance; 2. Who votes for forbearance; 3. What enables forbearance: inadequate social policy and squatting; 4. When politicians choose forbearance: core constituencies and street vending; 5. Where forbearance occurs: the role of electoral institutions; 6; Why forbearance continues: path dependencies in the informal welfare state; 7. How forbearance ends: lessons from Turkey.