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Record Nr.

UNINA9910850888003321

Autore

Barrientos Armando

Titolo

Social Protection in Latin America : Causality, Stratification and Outcomes / / by Armando Barrientos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031497957

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 pages)

Collana

Global Dynamics of Social Policy, , 2661-8680

Disciplina

361.61098

Soggetti

Social policy

Social choice

Welfare economics

Political sociology

Social Policy

Comparative Social Policy

Social Choice and Welfare

Political Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Methods -- Chapter 3. Framework -- Chapter 4. Institutions -- Chapter 5. Employment -- Chapter 6. Protection -- Chapter 7. Incorporation -- Chapter 8. Clusters -- Chapter 9. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access 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. Armando Barrientos is Professor Emeritus of Poverty and Social Justice at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. He was Research Director at the World Poverty Institute. .