dc.contributor.advisor | Krieckhaus, Jonathan Tabor, 1967- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Beal, Amanda L., 1980- | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Latin America | eng |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1900-1999 | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 Summer | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 26, 2010). | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Dissertation advisor: Dr. Jonathan Krieckhaus. | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Ph.D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2009. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | There is an ongoing debate in the literature concerning the impact of democracy on welfare spending. In this study, I argue that the effect of democracy is conditional on the degree or extent of democracy and the existence of domestic groups - predominantly labor and the elderly - who pressure the government for policy changes. In countries where there is a larger high skilled labor force and a more democratic government, welfare expenditure is higher because the government will respond to labor pressures for broader welfare protection. In countries with a larger elderly population, governments will respond with more of a social security and welfare effort. However, in countries where the labor force is less organized and the elderly population is weak, democratic leaders are more likely to have lower welfare spending and favor more orthodox economic policies. Finally, new democratic governments and established democratic governments have a different relationship with welfare expenditure. While domestic pressures condition the role of each regime type, new democracies are fragile, so representatives in these regimes may have an even greater response to domestic pressures for welfare development. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.format.extent | x, 130 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 589208541 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/7015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/7015 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Latin America -- Economic policy | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Latin America -- Social policy | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Public welfare | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Income distribution | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Latin America -- Politics and government | eng |
dc.title | The political foundations of welfare development : regime type, domestic pressures, and social spending in Latin America | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Political science (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |