Latin America: A New Developmental Welfare State in the Making?

Sônia M. Draibe and Manuel Riesco

Chapter 1 in Latin America, 2007, pp 21-113 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As the new century begins, LA seems to be approaching yet another historical crossroads, where a new development strategy could be evolving. Far from a nostalgic return to past models, the strategy that today defines the region seems original, in at least three important dimensions: its new contents, the international geometry over which it is projected and, in particular, the complexity of the historical inheritance from which it develops. Social policy has acquired a renewed importance, integrated together with economic policy, in a way that may become similar to what UNRISD has summarized as socially inclusive, economically developmental, and democratic. The geopolitical dimension of the new strategy seems to be a wider, integrated, multinational LA region.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Latin American Country; Social Protection; Free Trade Agreement; Capita Gross Domestic Product (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625259_2

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