Targeted assistance and social capital: Housing policy in chile's neoliberal democracy

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-70

  Posner, Paul W ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Collective Action; Democracy Stratification Targeted Assistance; Housing Policy; IADB; Neoliberalism; Santiago South Central America Caribbean Social Capital; Urban Poor; USAID; World Bank

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DEMOCRACY; HOUSING POLICY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN HOUSING; WELFARE IMPACT; WORLD BANK;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

EID: 84355162256     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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