Forbearance as redistribution : the politics of informal welfare in Latin America

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Forbearance as redistribution : the politics of informal welfare in Latin America

Title remainder

the politics of informal welfare in Latin America

Statement of responsibility

Alisha C. Holland

Creator

• Holland, Alisha

Subject

• Latin America -- Politics and government
• Latin America -- Social policy
• Politics, Practical -- Latin America
• Public officers
• Public officers -- Latin America
• Public welfare -- Political aspects -- Latin America
• Distributive justice -- Political aspects -- Latin America

Language

eng

Summary

Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose not to enforce laws to distribute resources and win elections. Alisha Holland demonstrates that this forbearance towards activities such as squatting and street vending is a powerful strategy for attracting the electoral support of poor voters. In many developing countries, state social programs are small or poorly targeted and thus do not offer politicians an effective means to mobilize the poor. In contrast, forbearance constitutes an informal welfare policy around which Holland argues much of urban politics turns. While forbearance offers social support to those failed by their governments, it also perpetuates the same exclusionary welfare policies from which it grows.--

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• Cambridge studies in comparative politics

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge studies in comparative politics
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks