New Developments in Latin America's Social Policy |
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| Authors: | Armando Barrientos Jasmine Gideon Maxine Molyneux |
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| Institution: | 1. is Senior Research Fellow at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (e‐mail: a.barrientos@manchester.ac.uk). His research focuses on the linkages between social protection and labour markets in developing countries, and policies addressing poverty, vulnerability, and population ageing. He has published widely in these areas, including his recent Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest, Concepts, Policies and Politics, jointly edited with David Hulme (Palgrave, 2008).;2. is a lecturer in Development Studies at Birkbeck College (contact: London International Development Centre, 36 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PD, UK, e‐mail: j.gideon@bbk.ac.uk). Her recent publications include ‘Informalisation of Labour Markets and Access to Health in Chile: A Gendered Analysis’ (Global Social Policy, 2007) and ‘Accessing Economic and Social Rights under Neo‐liberalism: Gender and Rights in Chile’ (Third World Quarterly, 2006).;3. is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for the Study of the Americas, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 31 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HA, UK. Her recent books include The Politics of Rights: Dilemmas for Feminist Praxis co‐edited with Andrea Cornwall (Routledge, 2008) and Doing the Rights Thing: Rights‐based Development and Latin American NGOs with Sian Lazar (ITDG, 2003). |
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| Abstract: | This article introduces a special section focusing on the social policy reforms of recent years in Latin America. The essay identifies and discusses the principal trends and challenges in social policy in the region since the 1980s, before providing a summary of the special section and linking up the themes of the four contributions that follow. These highlight the variety of approaches adopted, as well as the differing assessments of recent developments. The authors note that while the reform process itself is unfolding, it is striking that social policy has become a highly visible and contested issue in the region. |
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