What determines the capacity of countries to design, approve and implement effective public policies? To address this question, this book builds on the results

Throughout the twentieth century, much of the population in Latin America lacked access to social protection. Since the 1990s, however, social policy for millio

This book explores the impact of Latin America's political culture on the international politics of the region. It offers a general account of traditional Iberi

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

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