Download or read book Bolivia s Social Policy Examined written by Diego Alejandro von Vacano and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bolivia s Social Policy Response to Covid 19 written by Fabián A. Borges and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bolivia during 2020 was the victim of simultaneous political, economic, and public health crises. The three crises interacted with one another in ways that made each individual crisis more severe. The country's social policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic was uneven. Emergency cash transfers, a legacy of the left-wing Movement toward Socialism's (MAS) nearly 14 years in power, performed well. Although the amounts transferred were quite modest, they did reach the vast majority of Bolivians. On education, however, the government failed utterly, ultimately abandoning its constitutional obligation to provide free and universal schooling to all children. Online education never got off the ground and the school year was prematurely cancelled. The Bolivian state's chronic weakness was on display in its healthcare policy response. Not only did the government inherit inadequate infrastructure, but a combination of administrative incompetence and corruption marred the procurement of much-needed ventilators and other medical equipment. The result was one of the world's highest Covid-19 mortality rates.
Download or read book Evo s Bolivia written by Linda C. Farthing and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling and comprehensive look at the rise of Evo Morales and Bolivia's Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Linda Farthing and Benjamin Kohl offer a thoughtful evaluation of the transformations ushered in by the western hemisphere's first contemporary indigenous president. Accessible to all readers, Evo's Bolivia not only charts Evo's rise to power but also offers a history of and context for the MAS revolution's place in the rising pink tide of the political left. Farthing and Kohl examine the many social movements whose agendas have set the political climate in Bolivia and describe the difficult conditions the administration inherited. They evaluate the results of Evo's policies by examining a variety of measures, including poverty; health care and education reform; natural resources and development; and women's, indigenous, and minority rights. Weighing the positive with the negative, the authors offer a balanced assessment of the results and shortcomings of the first six years of the Morales administration.At the heart of this book are the voices of Bolivians themselves. Farthing and Kohl interviewed women and men in government, in social movements, and on the streets throughout the country, and their diverse backgrounds and experiences offer a multidimensional view of the administration and its progress so far. Ultimately the process of change Evo promised is exactly that: an ongoing and complicated process, yet an important example of development in a globalized world.
Download or read book From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia written by Jeffery R. Webber and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evo Morales rode to power on a wave of popular mobilizations against the neoliberal policies enforced by his predecessors. Yet many of his economic policies bare striking resemblance to the status quo he was meant to displace. Based in part on dozens of interviews with leading Bolivian activists, Jeffery R. Webber examines the contradictions of Morales' first term in office.
Download or read book Extracting Identity written by Zachary Koenig Dyer and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examinations of social policy often focus on their economic and social outcomes without much concern for their political dimensions. Since Evo Morales assumed the presidency of Bolivia in 2006, the Andean country has emerged as a powerful example of how social policy can be leveraged for political purposes beyond clientelism. The government's famous nationalization of natural gas resources along with a hefty hydrocarbon tax funded two major social programs: the Bono Juancito Pinto, an education conditional cash transfer, and Renta Dignidad, a universal old-age pension. Evidence from surveys, key informant interviews, reports, and official documents demonstrated that Bolivia's universal social policy was motivated by more than the goal of efficiently addressing the country's chronic social inequality. The Morales administration's implementation of these programs was a conscious decision to leverage windfall resource rents to build greater national solidarity and advance the MAS' political project to refound the country. Through a universalist approach to social policy, the MAS government has consolidated political hegemony, strengthened national solidarity, and secured the support of the armed forces. This political strategy, however, rests on shaky ground. The rentier model the government depends on to fund universal social policy fuels social conflicts that could destabilize the MAS' recently won hegemony and its attempts at nation building. Bolivia's experience with universal cash transfers lays the foundation for future study of social policy and nation building in the developing world; it is also important to examine how funding sources impact the efficacy of these programs. Considering cash transfers' exploding popularity and dissemination across the world in the last decade, this thesis calls for the more nuanced study of these programs in their political dimensions.
Download or read book The Indigenous State written by Nancy Postero and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new "democratic cultural revolution," Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures in the ten years since Morales's election
Download or read book Social Policy Expansion in Latin America written by Candelaria Garay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the twentieth century, much of the population in Latin America lacked access to social protection. Since the 1990s, however, social policy for millions of outsiders - rural, informal, and unemployed workers and dependents - has been expanded dramatically. Social Policy Expansion in Latin America shows that the critical factors driving expansion are electoral competition for the vote of outsiders and social mobilization for policy change. The balance of partisan power and the involvement of social movements in policy design explain cross-national variation in policy models, in terms of benefit levels, coverage, and civil society participation in implementation. The book draws on in-depth case studies of policy making in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico over several administrations and across three policy areas: health care, pensions, and income support. Secondary case studies illustrate how the theory applies to other developing countries.
Download or read book Institutional Frameworks for Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Rodrigo Martínez and published by UN. This book was released on 2018 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword .-- Introduction .-- Part 1. Social policy institutions. -- Chapter I. Institutional framework for social development / Rodrigo Martínez, Carlos Maldonado Valera .-- Chapter II. Social development and social protection institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: overview and challenges / Rodrigo Martínez, Carlos Maldonado Valera .-- Part 2. Components and institutional framewoek of social protection. -- Chapter III. Labour market regulation and social protection: institutional challenges / Mario D. Velásquez Pinto .-- Chapter IV. Institutional aspects of Latin America's pension systems / Andras Uthoff .-- Chapter V. Care as a pillar of social protection: rights, policies and institutions in Latin America / María Nieves Rico, Claudia Robles .-- Part 3. Policies for specific populations and their institutional framework .-- Chapter VI. Life cycle and social policies: youth institutions in the region / Daniela Trucco .-- Chapter VII. Disability and public policy: institutional progress and challenges in Latin America / Heidi Ullmann .-- Chapter VIII. Latin American Afrodescendants: institutional framework and public policies / Marta Rangel.
Download or read book The Bolivian Experiment written by Pitou van Dijck and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eleven essays, plus editor's introduction and conclusion analyze the benefits and shortcomings of the neoliberal reform program, New Economic Policy (NEP). Authors examine economic and social transition caused by NEP's framework of rules, and the changed relationship between central government and market. Empirical essays discuss specific dimensions of the NEP and the transition process since 1985"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Download or read book Are Indigenous Peoples Better Off Under Evo Morales Towards Understanding the Effects of Decolonization Policy on Social Inclusion in Bolivia written by Cailin Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This undergraduate thesis examines how to measure the influence of the Evo Morales administration0́9s decolonization policies on the social inclusion of indigenous peoples in Bolivia. Given the ongoing colonial legacy of exclusion of indigenous peoples in Bolivia, the Morales administration has created a national agenda to decolonize the state and improve conditions for the marginalized, oppressed, and excluded indigenous peoples. In examining the nacionalizacioÌ1n de los hidrocarburos, the ley de la reconduccioÌ1n comunitaria y reforma agraria, the plan nacional de desarrollo, the ley de la educacioÌ1n, the ley de deslinde, the ley de marco de autonomiÌ1as, and TIPNIS, in combination with decolonization theory and previous studies, this thesis seeks to link the relationship between decolonization policy and social inclusion, as well as uncover certain contradictions between the government0́9s rhetoric and practice and encourage future research. While the Morales administration appears to have made progress towards decolonization and social inclusion, it has also implemented policies that contradict these efforts.
Download or read book Dilemmas of Modernity written by Mark Goodale and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-29 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dilemmas of Modernity provides an innovative approach to the study of contemporary Bolivia, moving telescopically between social, political, legal, and discursive analyses, and drawing from a range of disciplinary traditions. Based on a decade of research, it offers an account of local encounters with law and liberalism. Mark Goodale presents, through a series of finely grained readings, a window into the lives of people in rural areas of Latin America who are playing a crucial role in the emergence of postcolonial states. The book contends that the contemporary Bolivian experience is best understood by examining historical patterns of intention as they emerge from everyday practices. It provides a compelling case study of the appropriation and reconstruction of transnational law at the local level, and gives key insights into this important South American country.
Download or read book Social Development in Latin America written by Joseph S. Tulchin and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a wide-ranging analysis of social welfare reform in Latin America, examining in particular the politics involved in implementing difficult and controversial social policies that often pit the middle strata of society, represented by powerful stakeholders, against the poor.
Download or read book Social Policy for Development written by Anthony L Hall and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-03-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ′Strong social policy is essential for sustainable growth. This book is an extremely useful overview of social policy issue for policy makers and anyone who wants to understand the true roots of successful sustainable development′ - Ian Johnson, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World Bank ′Throughout the world issues of social development have now taken centre stage. There is no more comprehensive and readable guide to the choices and conflicts of this global drama. This book is essential reading for all students and practitioners of social development - and for every World Bank economist′ - David Piachaud, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics This much-needed textbook fulfils a major gap in providing a complete up-to-date guide and introduction to the increasingly important role of social policy in the context of development processes and practice. Across a number of key sectors and areas of social policy concern, the authors accessibly introduce and explain the main conceptual debates, the most recent policy discussions, and provide applied examples to illustrate the latest developments in the social policy and planning field. Central topics covered include: - poverty - rural development - urban development - education - health - social work - social welfare - international development and cooperation. Social Policy for Development is an essential text for all students and practitioners alike seeking a deeper understanding of the issues of poverty, social exclusion and deprivation across social policy and development studies internationally.
Download or read book Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context written by Shireen Hassim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care.
Download or read book Limits to Decolonization written by Penelope Anthias and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penelope Anthias’s Limits to Decolonization addresses one of the most important issues in contemporary indigenous politics: struggles for territory. Based on the experience of thirty-six Guaraní communities in the Bolivian Chaco, Anthias reveals how two decades of indigenous mapping and land titling have failed to reverse a historical trajectory of indigenous dispossession in the Bolivian lowlands. Through an ethnographic account of the "limits" the Guaraní have encountered over the course of their territorial claim—from state boundaries to landowner opposition to hydrocarbon development—Anthias raises critical questions about the role of maps and land titles in indigenous struggles for self-determination. Anthias argues that these unresolved territorial claims are shaping the contours of an era of "post-neoliberal" politics in Bolivia. Limits to Decolonization reveals the surprising ways in which indigenous peoples are reframing their territorial projects in the context of this hydrocarbon state and drawing on their experiences of the limits of state recognition. The tensions of Bolivia’s "process of change" are revealed, as Limits to Decolonization rethinks current debates on cultural rights, resource politics, and Latin American leftist states. In sum, Anthias reveals the creative and pragmatic ways in which indigenous peoples contest and work within the limits of postcolonial rule in pursuit of their own visions of territorial autonomy.
Download or read book Redefining Who s In and Who s Out written by Matthew E. Carnes and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does welfare state expansion reconfigure political coalitions? Traditional accounts of the welfare state in advanced industrial economies emphasize the tendency for policy “insiders” -- those already incorporated in social insurance systems -- to resist further expansions since this would dilute their share of benefits, while “outsiders” support increases in social insurance coverage. However, this paper argues that preferences regarding social insurance are instead the product of two other coalition-forming factors, and that these can produce broad-based support for policy expansion in developing and middle-income countries. First, where the informal economy dominates the labor market, formal “insiders” may be particularly sensitive to the risk of job loss or temporary unemployment or informal employment; they thus have less confidence in their long-term ability to find security in contributory insurance schemes, and they are willing to make common cause with policy outsiders in supporting expansion. Second, given the complexity of social insurance schemes, especially in low-information environments, political partisanship provides strong cues to individual citizens about how to evaluate competing policy options. Parties can use these cues to swing opinion toward new redistributive policies that would expand their political base.This paper tests these hypotheses in two ways in the context of Bolivia. First, it examines three key social insurance configurations in Bolivia over the last thirty years, analyzing the preferences and coalitions that supported each system. Second it uses an original survey carried out in Bolivia following that nation's 2007 extension of a noncontributory national minimum pension. It shows that citizens formed their preferences in favor of expansion based on their perception of labor market risk, particularly as they compared the current state of the economy to that of a year before. To the extent that insiders opposed the expanded pensions, they were most sensitive to the issue of how inclusion of the outsiders would affect their benefit stream. Finally, the paper shows that partisanship -- proxied by support for Evo Morales' MAS party and his government -- was strongly related with support for the introduction of the national minimum pension.
Download or read book Earth Politics written by Waskar Ari and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth Politics focuses on the lives of four indigenous activist-intellectuals in Bolivia, key leaders in the Alcaldes Mayores Particulares (AMP), a movement established to claim rights for indigenous education and reclaim indigenous lands from hacienda owners. The AMP leaders invented a discourse of decolonization, rooted in part in native religion, and used it to counter structures of internal colonialism, including the existing racial systems. Waskar Ari calls their social movement, practices, and discourse earth politics, both because the AMP emphasized the idea of the earth and the place of Indians on it, and because of the political meaning that the AMP gave to the worship of the Aymara gods. Depicting the social worlds and life work of the activists, Ari traverses Bolivia's political and social landscape from the 1920s into the early 1970s. He reveals the AMP 's extensive geographic reach, genuine grassroots quality, and vibrant regional diversity. Ari had access to the private archives of indigenous families, and he collected oral histories, speaking with men and women who knew the AMP leaders. The resulting examination of Bolivian indigenous activism is one of unparalleled nuance and depth.
