Social Policy Reform and Market Governance in Latin America

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Introduction: Markets and Rights in the Governance of Welfare — Latin America’s Market Reforms

   1. Introduction: Markets and Rights in the Governance of Welfare — Latin America’s Market Reforms

      • Louise Haagh

      Pages 1-44

3. Labour Market and Social Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. Human Resources and Decentralization in Chile

      • Louise Haagh

      Pages 47-76

   3. Gender and Development Policy in Chile: the Aid Programme to Female Heads of Households

      • Mònica Badia Ibáñez

      Pages 77-100

   4. New Labour Market Challenges to Social Policies in Mexico

      • Maria Cristina Bayon, Bryan Roberts, Georgina Rojas

      Pages 101-120

4. Education and Decentralization Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Market-Oriented Education Reforms and Social Inequalities among the Young Population in Chile

      • Camilla T. Helgø

      Pages 123-146

   3. The Politics of Education Reform in Chile: The Programa 900 Escuelas and the MECE-Básica

      • Alan Angell

      Pages 147-164

   4. Democratic Decentralization and People’s Participation: an Examination of the EDUCO Programme in El Salvador

      • Suhas D. Parandekar

      Pages 165-179

5. Health Sector Reforms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181

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   2. Health Insurance Reforms in Latin America: Cream Skimming, Equity and Cost-Containment

      • Armando Barrientos, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock

      Pages 183-199

   3. Decentralization, Participation and Inclusion? Reassessing Primary Health Care Delivery in Chile

      • Jasmine Gideon

      Pages 200-215

6. Social Development Policies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. The PROGRESA Programme and Social Change in Rural Mexico

      • Agustín Escobar Latapí

      Pages 219-241

   3. Stakeholder Politics in Bolivia: Revisiting Second Generation Reforms

      • George Gray-Molina

      Pages 242-260

7. Conclusion: New Approaches to Social Policy Reform in Latin America

   1. Conclusion: New Approaches to Social Policy Reform in Latin America

      • Camilla T. Helgø

      Pages 261-272

8. Back Matter

   Pages 273-279

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This collection offers a critical analytical perspective and fresh empirical data on recent market-orientated social policy reforms in Latin America. The six case studies presented examine labour, education, health and general social development programmes. A particular focus is placed on the ways in which market-enhancing reforms such as demand-based provision, social policy targeting and privatization respond to issues of equity, coverage and the quality of provision.

• gender
• governance
• labor market
• participation
• Policy
• reforms
• social policy
• latin american politics

'...the empirical matter presented in all the essays is of undeniable value and richness, which makes the book particularly appealing to anybody interested in the main characteristics and pending issues of key social policies in the aforementioned countries over the last decades. It is also very well organised and would be useful for postgraduate students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.' - Romina Miorelli, Political Studies Review

'This volume is an excellent piece of research that represents one of the most robust and serious criticisms of the neoliberal perspective of public policy.' - Natalia Ajenjo - Environment and Planning

• Department of Politics, University of York, UK

  Louise Haagh

• Oxford Policy Management, UK

  Camilla T. Helgø

ALAN ANGELL University Lecturer in Latin American Politics, Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford University MÓNICA BADIA-IBÁÑEZ Sociological Research Group, King's College, University of Cambridge ARMANDO BARRIENTOS Lecturer in Public Economics and Development, University of Manchester MARIA CRISTINA BAYON Researcher JASMINE GIDEON Researcher, School of Geography, University of Manchester GEORGE GRAY-MOLINA Doctoral Candidate, Nuffield College, Oxford AUGUSTIN ESCOBAR LATAPI CIESAS Occidente, Guadalajara, Mexico PETER LLOYD-SHERLOCK Lecturer in Social Development, University of East Anglia SUHAS D. PARANDEKAR Human Development Division, Latin American and Caribbean Region, World Bank BRYAN ROBERTS C.B. Smith Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas GEORGINA ROJAS Sociology Candidate, University of Texas.

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