This book offers a comprehensive analysis of social protection in Latin America, its origins, institutions, and outcomes. The chapters are organised in three groups. The earlier chapters discuss in turn appropriate methods, an analytical framework, and core institutions. The book advocates a causal inference approach to the study of the institutions that have dominated social protection in the region: occupational insurance, individual retirement savings, and social assistance. The middle chapters study social protection’s main stratification effects, focussing on stratification effects on employment, protection, and worker incorporation. The later chapters then assess social protection outcomes and identify country groupings including their evolution over time. The book, and its approach and findings, contributes to the advancement of a theory of social protection amongst late industrialisers.
This is an open access book.
By:
Armando Barrientos Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Country of Publication: Switzerland Edition: 1st ed. 2024 Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 148mm,
ISBN:9783031497940 ISBN 10: 3031497945 Series:Global Dynamics of Social Policy Pages: 293 Publication Date:19 April 2024 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Armando Barrientos is Professor Emeritus of Poverty and Social Justice at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. He was also Research Director at the World Poverty Institute.