Author: Beatriz Magaloni | Journal of Democracy

Beatriz Magaloni is Graham Stuart Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.

October 2009, Volume 20, Issue 4

Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy (II): Aiding Latin America’s Poor

Alberto Díaz-Cayeros
Beatriz Magaloni

Latin American social policy has at times worked backwards, widening rather than narrowing economic and social inequalities. But new conditional cash-transfer programs seem to be producing positive outcomes.

Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Francis Fukuyama

This book addresses such broad issues as whether democracy promotes inequality, the socioeconomic factors that drive democratic failure, and the basic choices that societies must make as they decide how to deal with inequality.