A01=Peter Ward
agrarian reform Mexico
Author_Peter Ward
Category=JKS
CEAS
CFE
Colonias Populares
comparative welfare systems Mexico
DDF
De La Madrid
economic inequality Mexico
Ejidal Land
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Federal District
GDP Mexico
government intervention analysis
Health Care
health care inequality
health care Mexico
IMF
IMF Intervention
IMSS
Irregular Settlements
Land Regularization
Low Income Settlement
Mexican Political System
Mexico City
Mexico's Political Economy
Mexico’s Political Economy
Patron Client Links
PDM
Political Mediation
public service provision
self-help housing policy
Social Development Expenditure
social development Mexico
social policy Latin America
Social Security Organizations
Social Security Schemes
Social Welfare Provision
urban infrastructure development
Product details
- ISBN 9781032556833
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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When it was originally published in 1986, this was the first book to deal simultaneously with several aspects of social welfare provision in a developing country. The unique contribution of the book is based on the analysis of 3 substantive welfare areas – land (for self-help housing), urban infrastructure and health – which are examined in terms of the nature, motivation and effectiveness of government intervention. The book covers 3 administrations between 1970 and the mid-1980s and sets the analysis in the wider context of Latin American affairs. The author shows that although social welfare expenditure has increased, its importance as a government priority has been sharply eroded.
