Pioneering anti-poverty policies in Brazil and Mexico: ambiguities and disagreements on conditional cash transfer programs
The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
; 42(1/2):7-22, 2022.
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in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1735748
ABSTRACT
Purpose>Focusing on the conditional cash transfers (CCTs) first created and implemented in Brazil and Mexico, this article takes a new look at the factors facilitating the creation of these innovative policies. In order to shed light on the continuous struggles that are faced when pioneering, formulating and adopting these anti-poverty policies, the authors analyze three types of ambiguities axiological, partisan and electoral.Design/methodology/approach>Based on a gradual institutional change approach within the advocacy coalition framework, the authors conduct a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews, official public administration archives and newspapers.Findings>This article demonstrates that advocacy coalitions (for human capital, basic income and food security) and the quest for electoral gains are viable contexts for exploring the complex processes involved in setting up CCTs, of which Brazil's Bolsa-Família and Mexico's Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera (POP) provide emblematic examples.Originality/value>The findings contribute to comparative social policy research and institutional change analysis. The coalitions and ambiguous consensuses studied here expand the perspectives with a more detailed understanding of the chaotic processes involved in developing social policies.
Social Services And Welfare; Mexico; Brazil; Historical institutionalism; Advocacy coalition; CCT; Poverty; Public administration; Partisanship; Advocacy; Qualitative research; Food security; Policy research; Human capital; Institutional change; Policy making; Basic income; Ambiguity; Newspapers; Welfare; Structured interviews; COVID-19; Writers; Social policy; Change agents; Coalitions; Income; Institutionalism; Organizational change; 81321:Grantmaking and Giving Services
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ProQuest Central
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
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Mexico
Language:
English
Journal:
The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Year:
2022
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Article
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