Development patterns and welfare Sates in Latin America

This chapter focuses on the relationship between patterns of development in Latin American economies, especially those that have based it on abundant natural resources, and welfare States. It attempts to delineate the specific challenges facing modern economic development in the region, particularly the way in which social demands have been emerging in a context of increasing democratic gains, interacting with production structures that differ greatly from those underpinning welfare States in what are now the developed economies.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development