Explores the variation in welfare and other social assistance policies in Latin America.

Latin American states took dramatic steps toward greater inclusion during the late twentieth and early twenty-first Centuries. Bringing together an accomplished

Social protection serves as an important development tool, helping to alleviate deprivation, reduce social risks, raise household income and develop human capit

Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this leftward turn and the

Social policies can transform the lives of the poor, yet subnational politics and state capacity often inhibit their success.