Abstract

SALINAS FIGUEREDO, Darío  and  TETELBOIN HENRION, Carolina. Social and political conditions in Latin America. Pap. poblac [online]. 2005, vol.11, n.44, pp.83-108. ISSN 2448-7147.

The aim of this paper is to enlighten the role of social policy within the deep changes experienced in Latin America over the last decades. An analysis of main characteristics and strategies in this matter is critical in the understanding of how current socioeconomic indicators have tendentiously evolved since the early 1980's. The theoretical perspective adopted in this work avoids analyzing social policy as an exclusive matter of technical design. It rather emphasizes the importance of political criteria in both its conceptualization and implementation. Finally, the relative success of some programs in areas of the region where democratization processes are still pending is discussed.

Keywords : social policy; social inequality; poverty; Latin America.

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