Social Security in Latin America: Pressure Groups, Stratification, and Inequality

by Carmelo Mesa-Lago

A comprehensive and sophisticated study of the relationship between social security policy and inequality in Latin America. Individual case studies of Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Mexico are presented, that provide a historical analysis of each country's social security policy, the pressure groups involved, the present structure of the systems, and a statistical examination of the inequality among these pressure groups.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822984687
• ISBN13: 9780822984689
• Release Date: November 1978
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"