This book is the result of a research on the effects
of electoral politics on
the distribution of government outlays for different
social programs in Mexico in the period
between 1988 and 2003. Each of the three essays in
the book
tackle the question of whether social policy during
the years of democratic transition in Mexico resulted
in the change of the political bias in the
distribution of social welfare programs benefits
previously reported in a time of semi-authoritarian
rule. The book shows that some policy instruments for
distribution of federal outlays for social welfare
programs in...