CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL POLICIES IN LATIN AMERICAS

• Autor(a) principal: De La Cuadra, Fernando Marcelo
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/cgpc/article/view/10382

AbstractThis article aims to respond to the apparent paradox between the significant resources allocated to social programs in Latin America countries and the relatively meager results of this effort in solving the problems of poverty and inequality in the region. As an explanatory key to this paradox, our thesis is that beyond the problems of management and efficiency in the application of resources, there has been a lack of political dimension in the implementation of social policies, a deficit largely due to fears expressed by the authorities regarding the various forms of citizen participation, a fear which tends to focus on the maintenance of social order and governance, over the involvement of direct action of citizens in matters of their competence.Keywords: Latin America; Social Policy; Governance; Democracy, Citizen Participation.