Forbearance as Redistribution : The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America (Paperback)

1. An electoral theory of forbearance; 2. Who votes for forbearance; 3. What enables forbearance: inadequate social policy and squatting; 4. When politicians choose forbearance: core constituencies and street vending; 5. Where forbearance occurs: the role of electoral institutions; 6; Why forbearance continues: path dependencies in the informal welfare state; 7. How forbearance ends: lessons from Turkey.