Social security in Latin America: Pressure groups, stratification, and inequality

Pitt Latin American Studies

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.

355 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1978