Overview
Explores how the synergy between social and economic policy in Brazil made through financialization
Refutes the post-neoliberal reading of Brazilian economic development
Sheds light on the recent ongoing shift towards a mass consumption society in Brazil
Examines how financialization is reshaping the social protection system away from universalism
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Reviews
“A powerful explanation for the ascension and dramatic implosion of the Brazilian model of growth and social inclusion. This book provides a unique and theoretically well-informed blending of macroeconomic, fiscal, and social policy analysis.” (Barbara Fritz, Free University of Berlin, Germany)
“Lavinas illuminates the paradox of a country where an emerging mass-consumer society coexists with persisting limits for the consolidation of permanent mechanisms for redistribution. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in Brazil.” (Ruben Lo Vuolo, CIEPP, Argentina)
“In this book Lavinas makes a deep and broad analysis of how financialization has reshaped market societies and social protection schemes with the advance of the commodification of social services, with special focus on the recent ‘social developmentalism’ Brazilian experience. Anybody who wishes to acquire full understanding of the process of the takeover of social policy by financialization should read this book.” (Luiz Fernando de Paula, Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Lena Lavinas is Professor of Welfare Economics at the Institute of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Senior Researcher at the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPQ). Her most recent appointment was as a fellow (2016-2017) at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Berlin.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Takeover of Social Policy by Financialization
Book Subtitle: The Brazilian Paradox
Authors: Lena Lavinas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49107-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49106-0Published: 26 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49107-7Published: 25 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 219
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Finance, Latin American and Caribbean Economics, Social Policy, Development Economics