Political Competition and the Diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfers in Brazil

What factors determine the diffusion of social policies? This article exam - ines the launching of conditional cash transfer programs by Brazilian munici - palities to explore this problem. The literature of political science asserts that such programs have been widely implemented because they corre...

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Main Author: Denilson Bandeira Coêlho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2012-12-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v6n2/a03v6n2.pdf