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New directions in welfare: rights-based social policies in post-neoliberal Latin America

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  • Jean Grugel
  • Pia Riggirozzi

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What happens to the politics of welfare in the Global South when neoliberal values are questioned? How is welfare re-imagined and re-enacted when governments seek to introduce progressive change? Latin America provides an illustration and a valuable entry point to debates about ‘interruptions’ of neoliberalism and the changing nature of social policy. Drawing on examples of disability policies in Ecuador and care provision in Uruguay, we argue that there is a ‘rights turn’ in welfare provision under the left that reflects a recognition that previous welfare models left too many people out, ethically and politically, as well as efforts to embed welfare more centrally in new patterns of respect for socio-economic and identity-based human rights. Given Latin America’s recent contestation of neoliberal development as well as its history of sometimes dramatic welfare shifts, the emergence of rights-based social provision is significant not just for the region but also in relation to global struggles for more equitable governance.

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  • Jean Grugel & Pia Riggirozzi, 2018. "New directions in welfare: rights-based social policies in post-neoliberal Latin America," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(3), pages 527-543, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:39:y:2018:i:3:p:527-543
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1392084
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    1. María Gabriela Palacio Ludeña, 2021. "Falling through the Cracks: Digital Infrastructures of Social Protection in Ecuador," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 52(4), pages 805-828, July.
    2. Muhammad Syukri, 2024. "Neglecting the poor and marginalized: Participatory village governance in Indonesia's New Developmentalist state," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 42(4), July.
    3. Jean Grugel & Pia Riggirozzi, 2023. "Facing the Future: The Legacies of Post‐Neoliberalism in Latin America: Introduction to Development and Change Virtual Issue," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 54(2), pages 1-17, March.

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