Family Policies in Latin America

This book examines family policies in Latin America. The first half of the book adopts a thematic approach to assess how the concept of 'family' has changed over the last few decades, and how family policies are intrinsically linked to demographic changes, social class, family arrangements and the labour market. The second half of the book provides detailed country case studies in order to analyse family policies in action. Drawing on evidence from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay, it offers a comprehensive and comparative overview of family policies across the continent, demonstrating the various ways in which they have been impacted by political regimes and governance. The book also compares family policies in Latin America to those in Europe and North America. It will appeal to all those interested in family policy, public policy, development studies and sociology, as well as Latin America more generally.

Examines how family policies in Latin America compare to those in Europe and North America Provides 14 country case studies to give a comparative overview of family policies across the continent Demonstrates how family policies across the region have been impacted by political regimes

Autorentext

Natália G.D. Sátyro is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her research interests include welfare policy, income inequality, and political institutions.

Analía Minteguiaga is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her research examines welfare regimes, social protection systems, socio-labor policies and dynamics of (in)equality in Latin America.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: family policies in Latin America in perspective.- Part I: Problematizing family and familialism.- 2. The debate on family policies in Latin America: advances and setbacks.- 3. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships- 4. (Un)making a family: what family are we talking about?.- Part II: Family policy in a global context: what sets Latin America apart?.- 5. The debate on family policies in a European context: what sets us apart?.- 6. A diagnosis of the labor market in Latin America.- 7. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships.- Part III: National cases in comparative perspective.- 8. Transnational social protection: a view from Ecuador and Argentina.- 9. Family policies in Brazil since re-democratization.- 10. Family policies in Mexico: between familiialism and the caring right.- 11. Familypolicies in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay: innovation during the early 2000s.- 12. Family policies in Colombia and Peru.- 13. Family policies in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.- 14. "De facto" family policies and exception regimes in Central America: the case of El Salvador.- 15. Family arrangements, social protection and the state: the case of Brazil.- 16. Conclusions: combating poverty vs supporting the emancipation of individuals.