How Long to Read Scheming for the Poor

How Long Does it Take to Read Scheming for the Poor?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Scheming for the Poor by William Ascher

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Scheming for the Poor is the first comparative analysis of redistributive policymaking in Latin America. William Ascher examines the success or failure of progressive policies launched by nine governments grouped into three regime types--populist, reformist, and radical--over the course of the postwar history of Argentina, Chile, and Peru. His findings challenge the conventional views that redistribution in Latin America is either doomed to failure or else is the inevitable consequence of a balance of pro-redistributive and anti-redistributive forces. Ascher shows that tactics and careful attention to practical politics and policy implementation are far more important than regime type and professed political objectives and credos. The adept policymakers--from the Argentine authoritarian populist Juan Perón to the Chilean reformist Eduardo Frei--delivered more as redistributionists than did the economic romantics. Integrating the political and economic aspects of redistribution, Ascher shows that in political terms success stems from subtlety rather than stridency, perceptions rather than economic realities, the astute formation of coalitions, and aversion of the mobilization of the opposition. Ultimately, of course, economic pressures impose a limit on what is politically possible, and Ascher demonstrates how economic requirements constrain the politics of income redistribution.

How long is Scheming for the Poor?

Scheming for the Poor by William Ascher is 372 pages long, and a total of 93,744 words.

This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Scheming for the Poor Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read Scheming for the Poor aloud.

What Reading Level is Scheming for the Poor?

Scheming for the Poor is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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