Beschreibung:
Social policies can transform the lives of the poor, yet subnational politics and state capacity often inhibit their success.
1. Social policies and politics in decentralized countries; 2. Implementing social policies: attribution of responsibility, political alignments, policy legacies, and territorial infrastructure; 3. Mixed methods and multilevel research design; 4. Subnational statistical analysis; 5. Conditional cash transfers in Argentina and Brazil; 6. Healthcare policies in Argentina and Brazil; 7. Social policy implementation: looking back and forward.