The Last Shall be First: Political Dimensions of Conditional Cash Transfers in Brazil

Journal of Policy Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 25-41

  Hall, Anthony ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; children and families; clientism; conditional cash transfers; electoral politics; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855509458     PISSN: 15588742     EISSN: 15588750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15588742.2012.624065     Document Type: Article

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