Between Security and Social Policy Spending. Insecurity Perceptions, Victimization and Policy Trade-Offs in Mexico and Brazil

• In Event: Political Violence and the State

Brief Overview

We analyze how perceptions of insecurity and crime victimization shape attitudes towards budgetary trade-offs among social and security policies. Our analysis relies on original data from Mexico and Brazil at the subnational level.

Authors

• Melina Altamirano, El Colegio de Mexico

• Sarah Andrea Berens, University of Innsbruck

• Sandra Jessica Ley Gutierrez, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)