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Should Policy Aim at Having All People on the Same Boat? The Definition, Relevance and Challenges of Universalism in Latin America
(2014)
In recent years, attention to universal social policy has intensified in Latin America
and other parts of the periphery. Definitions of universal social policy have traditionally
varied between a minimalist approach ...
Good Jobs and Social Services: How Costa Rica achieved the elusive double incorporation
(2013)
Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services). This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few ...
Latin American capitalism: economic and social policy in transition
(2009)
During the last theree decades, and contrary to expectations, Latin Americas economis performace has been poor nad many of its structural weaknesses have deepened. Despite the recent eport commodity boom, the regions average ...
Why and How to Build Universal Social Policy in the South
(2018-06-15)
In Confronting Dystopia, a distinguished group of scholars analyze the implications of the ongoing technological revolution for jobs, working conditions, and income. Focusing on the economic and political implications of ...
Pactos sociales al servicio del bienestar en América Latina y el Caribe: ¿qué son y qué papel tienen en tiempos de crisis
(2020-12)
En América Latina, la emergencia sanitaria se ha vuelto de inmediato una emergencia social y
económica, lo que ha implicado un riesgo significativo de retroceder una década o más en términos de
desarrollo humano, pobreza ...
La construcción de universalismo y sus contradicciones: lecciones de los servicios de salud en Costa Rica, 1940-2011
Building universalism: Lessons from Costa Rica´s health services, 1940-2011
(2013)
Con frecuencia la construcción del universalismo se asimila pragmáticamente a coberturas masivas –aunque los beneficios sean segmentados—o al modelo nórdico basado en impuestos generales y servicios generosos para todos ...
The Quest for Universal Social Policy in the South: Actors, Ideas and Architectures
(2016)
Universal social policies have the power to reduce inequality and create more cohesive societies. How can countries in the South deliver universalism? This book answers this question through a comparative analysis of Costa ...
¿Cómo alcanzó Costa Rica la incorporación social y laboral?
(2017)
En 1980, justo antes de la crisis de la deuda y en contraste con la experiencia del resto
de América Latina, prácticamente toda la población costarricense contaba con empleos
formales y servicios sociales de calidad. ...
A Lost Opportunity for Progressive Redistributionto Build Social Protection for All? Scenarios following emergency cash transfers in Central America
(2022-01-28)
The need for these policies is particularly urgent in Latin America, a region where policy responses to the pandemic, such as lockdowns and mobility restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus, immediately turned into ...
Undoing segmentation? Latin American health care policy during the economic boom
(2018-09-02)
For all the agreement regarding the segmented character of Latin America's social policy, few studies define it clearly, let alone suggest exact ways to measure it. This article provides a more precise definition based on ...