Information on "Social Research " and "Latin America"
January 2012
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Jan 2012
Is There Such a Thing As Middle Class Values?
Author: Luis F Lopez-Calva, Jamele Rigolini, Florencia Torche
Publisher: Center for Global Development (CGD)
In this paper the authors investigate the relation between class (measured by the position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values surveys for six Latin American countries. More on «Is There Such a Thing As Middle Class Values?»
December 2010
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Dec 2010
Vulnerability to Poverty in Latin America
Author: Marcelo Bérgolo, Guillermo Cruces, Leonardo Gasparini, Andrés Ham
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
This paper presents a discussion of vulnerability estimates – defined as the risk of being poor in the future – in Latin American countries from both a conceptual and an empirical perspective, based on recent developments in the distributive literatu... More on «Vulnerability to Poverty in Latin America»
July 2009
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Jul 2009
Analyzing Social Movements
Author: Camille Goirand
Publisher: CIDOB Foundation
This paper compares Latin American with European and North American approaches to studying social movements. More on «Analyzing Social Movements»
March 2007
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Mar 2007
Public Opinion Research in Emerging Democracies: Are the Processes Different?
Author: Robert Mattes
Publisher: Afrobarometer
This paper explores survey research in emerging democracies after the fall of the Berlin Wall. More on «Public Opinion Research in Emerging Democracies: Are the Processes Different?»
