GOV 1291 - The Politics of Social Policy in Brazil

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

Assesses Brazil's social policy failures and successes, focusing on education, health, social security, and poverty alleviation. Introduces students to Brazil's political institutions; political and social actors; and state reforms. Identifies factors, including program design, power of privileged groups, and widespread political clientelism in the social services, that have contributed to Brazil's weak social welfare state and policy failures, and examines changes that have improved social policy outputs and the lingering obstacles to further progress.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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