The Role of Distributional Coalitions in Welfare Regimes: Chile, Costa Rica and El Salvador

Do social policies in Latin America promote or discourage distribution? And if they do promote distribution, are coalitions a prerequisite? Drawing from a typology of welfare regimes elaborated for 18 Latin American countries, this article explores responses to these questions by addressing three em...

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Published in:Social policy & administration 2009-08, Vol.43 (4), p.364-381
Main Authors: Martínez Franzoni, Juliana, Voorend, Koen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chile
Coalition governments
Coalitions
Comparative studies
Costa Rica
Cross cultural studies
El Salvador
Income distribution
Inequality
Latin America
Management
Markets
Policy analysis
Policy formation
Public administration
Social Policy
Typology
Welfare
Welfare regimes
Welfare state
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Summary:Do social policies in Latin America promote or discourage distribution? And if they do promote distribution, are coalitions a prerequisite? Drawing from a typology of welfare regimes elaborated for 18 Latin American countries, this article explores responses to these questions by addressing three emblematic cases: Chile, Costa Rica and El Salvador – that is, countries where the management of social risks primarily revolves around markets, states and families, respectively. Although the article is exploratory, findings suggest that societal coalitions have been, and are likely to continue to be, weak in market welfare regimes, strong in state welfare regimes and contingent to policy sectors in familialistic welfare regimes.
ISSN:0144-5596
1467-9515
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00668.x