Description
Book SynopsisScheming for the Poor is the first comparative analysis of redistributive policymaking in Latin America. Ascher examines the success or failure of progressive policies launched by nine governments grouped into three regime typespopulist, reformist, and radicalover the course of the postwar history of Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
Trade ReviewThis is a major contribution to the study of both Latin American politics and the broader field of public policy. There is nothing of similar scope currently available in either English or Spanish. -- Lars Schoultz, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina
Table of ContentsI. Introduction 1. Defining the Redistributive Issue 2. Matching Tactics, Context, and Theory II. The Authoritarian Populists 3. Argentina's Machiavellian Master 4. The Debacle of Chile's General of Hope 5. The Faltering Redistributionist Impulse in Peru 6. Interpreting the Authoritarian Populists III. The Democratic Reformists 7. Gradualism in Chile 8. Reform in Peru 9. Argentina's Beleaguered Center 10. The Logic and Tactics of Reformism IV. The Radicals 11. Collapse in Chile 12. The Peruvian Military 13. Common Predicaments 14. Conclusions Notes References Index
