Overview
- Provides a comparative-historical and structural approach to analyze social protection systems in Latin America
- Includes new typology to explain key differences in the coverage & effectiveness of different social protection systems
- Analyzes policy-related issues as well as the interactions between the state, civil society, market in Latin America
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the trajectories and structures of Latin American welfare states using a typology developed through conceptual and historical analyses of social protection systems in Latin America. It argues that social protection can be accomplished by different actors in distinct societies, be that the State, civil society, the market, or families.
This work defines four types of welfare worlds based on who administers and allocates resources: the socio-corporatist, the statist, the commodified, and the familial. Author Ilan Bizberg delves on the historical trajectories of ten Latin American countries, each with a unique analysis of the corresponding social protection system: Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador
The book begins with a meaningful discussion on the welfare state as a necessity of modern capitalist societies. Then, it counters the consequences of the disembeddedness of the economy from societyand the way the social protection system protects the society against this rupture.
Chapters focus on the health system, pensions, and assistance programs of these countries, with diverse case studies that include analyzing the performance of the health systems during the pandemic. The book closes with a discussion on gender and the situations women face and encounter under and within different social-protection regimes.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ilan Bizberg is Professor and Researcher at El Colegio de México, Associate Member of the International Graduate College “Temporalities of the Future” of the Freie Universität Berlin, and Associate Member of the CEIM of the Université de Quebec in Montreal. In 2020, he was awarded the Humboldt Foundation Research Prize. He is the author of several books, including Diversity of Capitalisms in Latin America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Four Worlds of the Welfare State in Latin America
Authors: Ilán Bizberg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44420-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44419-7Published: 21 March 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44422-7Due: 21 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-44420-3Published: 20 March 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 283
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American and Caribbean Economics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy