03177nam 2200685 a 450 991045182340332120200520144314.00-8047-8254-710.1515/9780804782548(CKB)2550000000102131(EBL)902777(OCoLC)792688141(SSID)ssj0000679161(PQKBManifestationID)12313821(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679161(PQKBWorkID)10610573(PQKB)11357995(MiAaPQ)EBC902777(DE-B1597)564372(DE-B1597)9780804782548(Au-PeEL)EBL902777(CaPaEBR)ebr10556753(OCoLC)1198929609(EXLCZ)99255000000010213120110901d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSocial forces and states[electronic resource] poverty and distributional outcomes in South Korea, Chile, and Mexico /Judith A. TeichmanStanford, California Stanford University Press20121 online resource (267 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7825-6 0-8047-7826-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Social forces and history : explaining divergent poverty and distributional outcomes -- South Korea : the historical origins of equitable growth -- Chile : the historical origins of inequality -- Mexico : the historical origins of poverty and inequality -- Social forces, the state, and distributional outcomes -- The 1980s and 1990s : economic and social outcomes diverge -- Social conditions and welfare regimes in the twenty first century.With the failure of market reform to generate sustained growth in many countries of the Global South, poverty reduction has become an urgent moral and political issue in the last several decades. In practice, considerable research shows that high levels of inequality are likely to produce high levels of criminal and political violence. On the road to development, states cannot but grapple with the challenges posed by poverty and wealth distribution. Social Forces and States explains the reasons behind distinct distributional and poverty outcomes in three countries: South Korea...PovertyCase studiesEqualityCase studiesKorea (South)Social conditionsKorea (South)Economic conditionsChileSocial conditionsChileEconomic conditionsMexicoSocial conditionsMexicoEconomic conditionsElectronic books.PovertyEquality305.5/69Teichman Judith, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1055913Teichman Judith A.1947-858082MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451823403321Social forces and states2489721UNINA