The early 2000s were a period of social policy expansion in Latin America. New programs were created in healthcare, pensions, and social assistance, and previously excluded groups were incorporated into existing policies. What was the character of this social policy expansion? Why did the region experience this transformation? Drawing on a large body of research, this Element shows that the social policy gains in the early 2000s remained segmented, exhibiting differences in access and benefit levels, gaps in service quality, and unevenness across policy sectors. It argues that this segmented expansion resulted from a combination of short and long-term characteristics of democracy, favorable economic conditions, and policy legacies. The analysis reveals that scholars of Latin American social policy have generated important new concepts and theories that advance our understanding of perennial questions of welfare state development and change.
| ISBN: | 9781009344111 |
| Publication date: | 8th December 2022 |
| Author: | Camila Arza |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 88 pages |
| Series: | Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America |
| Genres: |
Political economy |
The early 2000s were a period of social policy expansion in Latin America. New programs were created in healthcare, pensions, and social assistance, and previously excluded groups were incorporated into existing policies. What was the character of this social policy expansion? Why did the region experience this transformation? Drawing on a large body of research, this Element shows that the social policy gains in the early 2000s remained segmented, exhibiting differences in access and benefit levels, gaps in service quality, and unevenness across policy sectors. It argues that this segmented expansion resulted from a combination of short and long-term characteristics of democracy, favorable economic conditions, and policy legacies. The analysis reveals that scholars of Latin American social policy have generated important new concepts and theories that advance our understanding of perennial questions of welfare state development and change.
The Political Economy of Segmented Expansion features in the following genres: Political economy
The Political Economy of Segmented Expansion is available in Paperback
The Political Economy of Segmented Expansion was written by Camila Arza and published by Cambridge University Press
The Political Economy of Segmented Expansion has 88 pages
Yes it is part of Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America series
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