Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 19
The Quest for Universal Social Policy in the South: Actors, Ideas and Architectures
(2016)
Universal social policies have the power to reduce inequality and create more cohesive societies. How can countries in the South deliver universalism? This book answers this question through a comparative analysis of Costa ...
Good Jobs and Social Services: How Costa Rica achieved the elusive double incorporation
(2013)
Few countries have achieved social development, which requires simultaneously securing market and social incorporation (good jobs and access to social services). This book reviews Costa Rica's experience as one of the few ...
The Double Challenge of Market and Social Incorporation: Progress and Bottlenecks in Latin America
(2014-04-07)
Has the past decade of sustained economic growth and political transformations reversed Latin America's historical failure to secure market and social incorporation? To address this question this article draws on the ...
Overcoming segmentation in Social Policy? Comparing New Early Education and Child Care Efforts in Costa Rica and Uruguay
(2018)
During the late 2000s, Early Child Education and Care (ECEC) became a policy priority for several Latin American countries. Coherent with international ideas yet against the legacy of deep-seated segmentation, the new ...
La búsqueda de la política social universal en el Sur: actores, ideas y arquitecturas
(2019)
A partir de un análisis comparado, el libro propone un modelo teórico multidisciplinario para explicar las formas en que se pueden generar políticas sociales para toda la población, así como sus principales determinantes ...
Can Latin American Production Regimes Complement Universalistic Welfare Regimes? Implications from the Costa Rican Case
(2013)
Much of the literature on political economy expects complementarities between (universal) welfare regimes and production regimes. This article draws from Costa Rica's showcase of human development and universalistic social ...
La construcción de universalismo y sus contradicciones: lecciones de los servicios de salud en Costa Rica, 1940-2011
Building universalism: Lessons from Costa Rica´s health services, 1940-2011
(2013)
Con frecuencia la construcción del universalismo se asimila pragmáticamente a coberturas masivas –aunque los beneficios sean segmentados—o al modelo nórdico basado en impuestos generales y servicios generosos para todos ...
¿Cómo alcanzó Costa Rica la incorporación social y laboral?
(2017)
En 1980, justo antes de la crisis de la deuda y en contraste con la experiencia del resto
de América Latina, prácticamente toda la población costarricense contaba con empleos
formales y servicios sociales de calidad. ...