Trends of Changes in Social Protection in Brazil and Uruguay: the centrality of the minimal networks in Latin America

Authors

  • Alejandra Pastorini UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  • Inés Martínez Udelar - Montevideo

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the changes in the logic that guides handling of the social question today, using as a reference realities found in Brazil and Uruguay. It begins with an analysis of contemporary changes in capitalist societies, giving special attention to the changes in the principles that structure social protection. In this way, it identifies some trends in the reforms in social policies in the progressive governments that took office at the turn of the century.

Author Biographies

Alejandra Pastorini, UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Professora do Departamento de Política Social e Serviço Social Aplicado da Escola de Serviço Social da UFRJ.

Inés Martínez, Udelar - Montevideo

Mestre em Serviço Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Professora do Departamento de Trabajo Social da Universidad de la República (Udelar).

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Published

2014-06-02

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2014): Estado e Política Social na América Latina

Section

Thematic space

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