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Alisha C. Holland

Alisha C. Holland is assistant professor of politics at Princeton University and author of the new book Forbearance as Redistribution: The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America

Latest articles by Alisha C. Holland

The Big Idea
Latin America’s floods have been rough. Bad housing policy helped make them deadly.Latin America’s floods have been rough. Bad housing policy helped make them deadly.
The Big Idea

Governments incentivize people to squat in unsafe shelters.

By Alisha C. Holland