The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America - Rethinking Participation and Representation (Hardcover)

Against a broader backdrop of globalization and worldwide moves toward political democracy, The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America examines the unfolding relationships among social change, equity, and the democratic representation of the poor in Latin America. Recent Latin American governments have turned away from redistributive policies; at the same time, popular political and social organizations have been generally weakened, inequality has increased, and the gap between rich and poor has grown. Hanging in the balance is the consolidation and the quality of new or would-be democracies; this volume suggests that governments must find not just short-term programmes to alleviate poverty, but long-term means to ensure the effective integration of the poor into political life. The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America bridges the intellectual chasm between, on the one hand, studies of grassroots politics, and on the other, explorations of elite politics and formal institution-building. It will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Latin American politics and society and, more generally, in the vicissitudes of democracy and citizenship in the late twentieth-century global system.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Studies in Democratization
Release date:	1997
First published:	1997
Editors:	Douglas A. Chalmers (Professor of Political Science) • Carlos M Vilas (Research Professor) • Katherine Hite (Acting Director of the Institute of Latin American and Iberian Studies) • Scott B Martin • Kerianne Piester • Monique Segarra
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	672
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-878184-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	0-19-878184-9
Barcode:	9780198781844

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