Social Policy Reform and Market Governance in Latin America

This collection offers a critical analytical perspective and fresh empirical data on recent market-orientated social policy reforms in Latin America. The six case studies presented examine labor, education, health and general social development programs. A particular focus is placed on the ways in which market-enhancing reforms such as demand-based provision, social policy targeting, and privatization respond to issues of equity, coverage, and the quality of provision. CONTRIBUTORS: L. Haagh • M. BadiaIbáñez • M.C. Bayon, B. Roberts & G. Rojas • C. Helgø • A. Angell • S.D. Parandekar • A. Barrientos & P. Lloyd-Sherlock • J. Gideon • A.E. Latapi • G. Gray-Molina • C. Helgø Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Introduction: Markets and Rights in the Governance of Welfare — Latin America’s Market Reforms....Pages 1-44 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Human Resources and Decentralization in Chile....Pages 47-76 Gender and Development Policy in Chile: the Aid Programme to Female Heads of Households....Pages 77-100 New Labour Market Challenges to Social Policies in Mexico....Pages 101-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Market-Oriented Education Reforms and Social Inequalities among the Young Population in Chile....Pages 123-146 The Politics of Education Reform in Chile: The Programa 900 Escuelas and the MECE-Básica....Pages 147-164 Democratic Decentralization and People’s Participation: an Examination of the EDUCO Programme in El Salvador....Pages 165-179 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Health Insurance Reforms in Latin America: Cream Skimming, Equity and Cost-Containment....Pages 183-199 Decentralization, Participation and Inclusion? Reassessing Primary Health Care Delivery in Chile....Pages 200-215 Front Matter....Pages 217-217 The PROGRESA Programme and Social Change in Rural Mexico....Pages 219-241 Stakeholder Politics in Bolivia: Revisiting Second Generation Reforms....Pages 242-260 Conclusion: New Approaches to Social Policy Reform in Latin America....Pages 261-272 Back Matter....Pages 273-279 Annotation This collection offers a critical analytical perspective and fresh empirical data on recent market-orientated social policy reforms in Latin America. The six case studies presented examine labor, education, health and general social development programs. A particular focus is placed on the ways in which market-enhancing reforms such as demand-based provision, social policy targeting, and privatization respond to issues of equity, coverage, and the quality of provision. CONTRIBUTORS: L. Haagh - M. BadiaIbaacute;ntilde;ez - M.C. Bayon, B. Roberts & G. Rojas - C. Helgoslash; - A. Angell - S.D. Parandekar - A. Barrientos & P. Lloyd-Sherlock - J. Gideon - A.E. Latapi - G. Gray-Molina - C. Helgoslash " ... The empirical matter presented in all the essays is of undeniable value and richness, which makes the book particularly appealing to anybody interested in the main characteristics and pending issues of key social policies in the aforementioned countries over the last decades. It is also very well organised and would be useful for postgraduate students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners."--Romina Miorelli, Political Studies Review 'This volume is an excellent piece of research that represents one of the most robust and serious criticisms of the neoliberal perspective of public policy.' - Natalia Ajenjo - Environment and Planning This collection offers a critical analytical perspective and fresh empirical data on recent market-orientated social policy reforms in Latin America. The six case studies presented examine labour, education, health and general social development programmes. A particular focus is placed on the ways in which market-enhancing reforms such as demand-based provision, social policy targeting and privatization respond to issues of equity, coverage and the quality of provision. Three trends shaped social policy in Latin America from the 1970s to the millennium.