Political Logic of Poverty Relief - Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I: 1. Poverty relief in Latin America; 2. Poverty relief in Mexico - a geographic approach; 3. Political machines and vote buying; 4. Clientelism and the political manipulation of Pronasol; Part II: The consequences of clientelism and entitlements; 5. Improving communities - transfers and basic public services; 6. Saving lives - social programs and infant mortality rates; 7. Electoral pay-offs of antipoverty programs; Conclusion - the future of social protection.

About the author

Alberto Diaz-Cayeros is Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, California.Federico Estévez is Professor of Political Science at Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM).Beatriz Magaloni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University, California.

Summary

The Political Logic of Poverty Relief places electoral politics and institutional design at the core of poverty alleviation. The authors develop a theory with applications to Mexico about how elections shape social programs aimed at aiding the poor. They also assess whether voters reward politicians for targeted poverty alleviation programs.

Product details

• Authors: Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Alberto (Stanford University Diaz-Cayeros, Diaz-Cayeros Alberto, Federico Estevez, Federico Estévez, Beatriz Magaloni, Beatriz (Stanford University Magaloni, Magaloni Beatriz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781316505892
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50589-2
• No. of pages: 257
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Mexico, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Poverty & unemployment, Comparative Politics, Elections & referenda, Political Manifestos, Political parties and party platforms, Poverty and precarity, Elections and referenda / suffrage