scholarly journals Social Policies in Contemporary Latin America: Families and Poverty in the Social Protection Systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina González
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

scholarly journals Comparative social policy in contemporary Latin America: Concepts, theories and a research agenda

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gibran Cruz-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Art Research ◽  
Social Protection Systems

This is the introductory chapter of the book Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America. The purpose of the book is threefold: (i) to present a historical and theoretical analysis of social protection systems and welfare regimes in contemporary Latin America; (ii) to discuss the politics of contemporary social protection and how national/global actors and institutions shape social policy in the region; and (iii) to examine several debates on social protection and welfare systems in contemporary Latin America. The chapter presents state-of-the-art research in the areas of social policy and welfare that is examined in each of the three parts of the book. What do we know about welfare regimes in Latin America? What do we know about the role of (f)actors shaping social protection development and inclusion? What do we know about recent debates regarding social protection and welfare in Latin America? Particular attention is paid to the contribution made by chapters in this edited volume to the social policy literature. The chapter finishes with a description of the content and results of each chapter in this edited volume.

scholarly journals SISTEMAS DE PROTEÇÃO SOCIAL LATINO-AMERICANOS E RESPOSTAS À PANDEMIA DE COVID-19: Argentina, Brasil e México

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Mônica de Castro Maia Senna ◽  
Aline Souto Maior Ferreira ◽  
Valentina Sofia Suarez Baldo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Social Protection Systems

O artigo analisa como sistemas de proteção social na América Latina têm respondido à grave situação social decorrente da pandemia de COVID-19. Pautado em estudo exploratório, o artigo toma como foco as experiências da Argentina, Brasil e México. A perspectiva de análise considera que as respostas produzidas por esses três casos às demandas sociais postas pela pandemia decorrem da interseção entre o legado prévio e estrutura institucional dos sistemas de proteção social existentes em cada país, a orientação política dos governos em exercício e a dinâmica social e política diante do contexto da crise sanitária. Verifica que nos três países, a despeito de medidas protetivas de maior ou menor abrangência e magnitude, que reforçam a proteção social existente ou introduzem novos mecanismos – todos eles temporários – a crise social própria às formações sociais latino-americanas se agravou.LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Argentina, Brazil and MexicoAbstractThe article analyses how social protection systems in Latina America have responded to the serious social situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by an exploratory study, the paper focuses on the experiences of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. The analysis considers that the responses produced by the three cases results from the intersection between the institutional structure’s previous legacy of the social protection systems existing in each country, the political orientation of the governments in exercise and the social and political dynamics in the sanitary crisis context. It seems that, despite protective measures of greater or lesser scope and magnitude, which either reinforce the existing social protections or introduce new mechanisms – all of them temporary – the social crisis specific to Latin American social formations has worsened in the countries studied.Keywords: Social protection. COVID-19. Brazil. México. Argentina

scholarly journals OS PROGRAMAS DE TRANSFERÊNCIA DE RENDA CONDICIONADA (PTRC) NA AMÉRICA LATINA: caracterizando, problematizando e construindo uma proposta de estudo comparado

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
Maria Ozanira da Silva e Silva ◽  
Mónica De Martino Bermúdez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Income Transfer ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Latin America And Caribbean ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Methodological Aspects

O artigo, referenciado em levantamento bibliográfico e documental e em estudo exploratório sobre os Programas de Transferência de Renda Condicionada (PTRC), em implementação na América Latina e no Caribe, contextualiza e destaca a importância desses programas no campo da proteção social não contributiva. Apresenta proposta de um estudocomparado entre três programas, dos mais significativos no Continente. Indica elementos teórico-metodológicos para orientar e aprofundar o conhecimento da proteção social, considerando a prevalência dos PTRC no âmbito das políticas sociais na América Latina.Palavras-chave: Programas de Transferência de Renda Condicionada, estudo comparado, América Latina.CONDITIONED INCOME TRANSFER PROGRAMS (PTRC) IN LATIN AMERICA: featuring, questioning and constructing a proposal of comparative studyAbstract: The article is based on a bibliographic and documental research and on a survey about the Conditioned Income Transfer Programs (PTRC), in implementation in Latin America and Caribbean. It presents the context and highlights the importance of those programs in the field of the non contributive social protection. The article presents a researchproposal to develop a comparative study among three programs, the most important in the Continent. It also points out the theoretical and methodological aspects to guide and to deep the knowledge about social protection, considering the prevalence of the PTRC in the ambit of the social policies in Latin America.Keywords: Conditioned Income Transfer Programs, compared research, Latin America

scholarly journals CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO SOCIOECONÔMICA E POLÍTICA DO SURGIMENTO E DESENVOVIMENTO DOS PTRCs NA AMÉRICA LATINA E CARIBE

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
Valéria Ferreira Santos de Almada Lima ◽  
Carola Carbajal Arregui ◽  
Carlos Nelson dos Reis ◽  
Jorge Tripiana
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Income Transfer ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Main Target ◽  
Latin America And Caribbean ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Social Protection Systems

Este trabalho resulta de um Estudo Exploratório acerca dos Programas de Transferência de Renda Condicionada (PTRCs) em desenvolvimento na região da América Latina e Caribe. Objetiva contextualizar a emergênciae o desenvolvimento dos PTRCs na região em foco, abordando, para tanto, os fatores de ordem econômica, social e político-ideológica que determinaram a inclusão de tais programas nos Sistemas de Proteção Social da grande maioria dos países latino-americanos a partir dos anos 1990.Palavras-chave: Contextualização, Programas de Transferência de Renda Condicionada, América Latina e Caribe.SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONTEXTUALIZATION OF THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PTRCs IN LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEANAbstract: This work is a result of an Exploratory Study about the Programs of Conditioned Income Transfer in course in Latin America and Caribbean. The main target is contextualize the emergence and development of the PTRCs on the focus region, addressing economic, social and ideological-political issues which were fundamental to include those programs onthe Social Protection Systems on the vast majority of countries of Latin America since the 1990s.Keywords: Contextualization, Program of Conditioned Income Transfer, Latin America and Caribbean.

scholarly journals FACTORS THAT POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PENSION SYSTEM IN ROMANIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Luise Mladen
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Public Budget ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

In Romania, the State Social Security Budget spending exceeds the revenues, and this situation leads to a growing deficit of the public budget. This evolution is the result of a complex of factors, more or less difficult to be managed, which we analyze in this article. The phenomenon of ageing has a significant role in increasing the pressure on the social protection systems, in general, and on the pension system, in particular. Also, the labour market related factors and the economic factors have an important impact on the sustainability of the pension system. The design of the pension system is equally important.

scholarly journals Social Protection and New Forms of Work: Expansion of Unemployment Insurance Benefits’ Coverage in Estonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Gaabriel Tavits
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Social Protection Systems

Ensuring social protection for people having lost their jobs is an important part of the social protection system. Although health insurance and pension insurance have traditionally been the most important social protection systems, then social guarantees (both passive and active measures) for the unemployed cannot be underestimated in the changed forms of employment. New forms of work necessitate attention to whether and how people working under new forms of employment, e.g. platform workers, can register as unemployed and whether short-term employment may worsen their standing compared to other unemployed. This article analyses the Estonian social protection system for the unemployed and the planned changes in connection with platform work.

scholarly journals Challenges and Contradictions in the ‘Normalising’ of Precarious Work

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Rubery ◽  
Damian Grimshaw ◽  
Arjan Keizer ◽  
Mathew Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
New Vision ◽  
State Subsidies ◽  
Social Protection Systems ◽  
Standard Employment Relationship

Precarious work is increasingly considered the new ‘norm’ to which employment and social protection systems must adjust. This article explores the contradictions and tensions that arise from different processes of normalisation driven by social policies that simultaneously decommodify and recommodify labour. An expanded framework of decommodification is presented that identifies how the standard employment relationship (SER) may be extended and flexibilised to include those in precarious work, drawing examples from a recent study of precarious work across six European countries. These decommodification processes are found to be both partial and, in some cases, coexisting with activation policies that position precarious work as an alternative to unemployment, thereby recommodifying labour. Despite these challenges and contradictions, the article argues that a new vision of SER reform promises greater inclusion than alternative policy scenarios that give up on the regulation of employers and rely on state subsidies to mitigate against precariousness.

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