Social policy: Targeting or Universalism?

Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2006, vol. 26, issue 4, 564-574

Abstract: Public debate on social policies in Brazil has focused on the choice between targeted and universal programs. The article argues that the choice is unclear and misleading unless a previous decision is taken concerning principles of social justice. After distinguishing three different connotations of targeting – as residualism, conditionality or retification – and noting that universal programs may be compatible with minimalist social policy, the article goes on to make explicit a number of neglected options. JEL Classification: D63.

Keywords: social policy; targeted policies; universal policies; distributive justice; welfare state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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