Universal social policies have the power to reduce inequality and create more cohesive societies. How can countries in the South deliver universalism? This book answers this question through a comparative analysis of Costa Rica, Mauritius, South Korea, and Uruguay, and a detailed historical account...

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Hauptverfasser:	Martínez Franzoni, Juliana (VerfasserIn), Sánchez-Ancochea, Diego (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1940-2014 Entwicklungsländer Sozialpolitik Developing countries / Social policy / Case studies Costa Rica Fallstudiensammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	Universal social policies have the power to reduce inequality and create more cohesive societies. How can countries in the South deliver universalism? This book answers this question through a comparative analysis of Costa Rica, Mauritius, South Korea, and Uruguay, and a detailed historical account of Costa Rica's successful trajectory. Against the backdrop of democracy and progressive parties, the authors place at center stage the policy architectures defined as the combination of instruments that dictate the benefits available to people. The volume also explores the role of state actors in building pro-universal architectures. This book will interest advanced students and scholars of human development and public and social policies, as well as policymakers eager to promote universal policies across the South
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Nov 2016) Part I. Universalism in the South -- Introduction -- Universalism in the South: definition and relevance -- Part II. A Comparative Study of Policy Architecture -- Policy architectures and universal outputs today -- The long-term influence of policy architectures -- Part III. Building Universalism in Costa Rica -- The foundations of the policy architecture in the 1940s -- Moving further towards unification in the 1970s -- Contradictory moves under market pressures since the 1980s -- Part IV. Conclusions -- Actors and ideas in comparative perspective -- The quest for universalism: implications for contemporary policymaking
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages)
ISBN:	9781316410547
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781316410547