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020 _a9781316626351
040 _aCO-BoUCM
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_cDoris Forero
_dDoris Forero
041 _aeng
100 1 _aHolland, Alisha C
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245 1 0 _aForbearance as redistribution
_bthe politics of informal welfare in Latin America
_cAlisha C. Holland.
260 _aNew York
_bCambridge University Press
_c2017
300 _axii, 380 páginas
_cIlustraciones, gráficas
490 1 _aCambridge studies in comparative politics.
520 _a"Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose not to enforce laws to distribute resources and win elections. Alisha Holland demonstrates that this forbearance towards activities such as squatting and street vending is a powerful strategy for attracting the electoral support of poor voters. In many developing countries, state social programs are small or poorly targeted and thus do not offer politicians an effective means to mobilize the poor. In contrast, forbearance constitutes an informal welfare policy around which Holland argues much of urban politics turns. While forbearance offers social support to those failed by their governments, it also perpetuates the same exclusionary welfare policies from which it grows"--
520 _a"The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose not to enforce laws to distribute resources and win elections. Alisha Holland demonstrates that this forbearance towards activities such as squatting and street vending is a powerful strategy for attracting the electoral support of poor voters. In many developing countries, state social programs are small or poorly targeted and thus do not offer politicians an effective means to mobilize the poor. In contrast, forbearance constitutes an informal welfare policy around which Holland argues much of urban politics turns. While forbearance offers social support to those failed by their governments, it also perpetuates the same exclusionary welfare policies from which it grows"--
650 7 _aAspectos políticos
_97310
_xAmérica Latina
650 7 _aJusticia distributiva
_918201
650 7 _aPolítica y gobierno
_922032
650 7 _aPolítica social
_922021
830 0 _aCambridge studies in comparative politics.
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