State and social protection in the Southern Cone of Latin America: an overview of the 21st century

Authors

  • Nayara Cristina Bueno Doutoranda em Ciências Sociais Aplicadas pela Universidade Estadual de Ponta-Grossa. Professora do Departamento de Serviço Social da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste.
  • Lislei Teresinha Preuss Doutora em Serviço Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Professora adjunta da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa e do Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências Sociais Aplicadas.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2020.56.2.04

Abstract

The discussion on social protection in Latin America must consider the economic, social and political characteristics of the region, which have been historically constructed and reconstructed in the movement of peripheral capitalist society. In order to reflect on the relationship between the State and social protection in the beginning of the 21st century, this essay presents an overview of the conflict between capital and labor to directing the State, through social protection / public social unprotection. It presents characteristics of the Latin American society and the movement of the State in the 21st century, between the expansion and retraction in social investments. The coups d’état is analyzed as attempts to contain social advances and maintain the status quo, guaranteeing the privileges of groups linked to the ruling class and international financial capital. Finally, it demonstrates the need to transform the shape of public social protection in the Southern Cone of America to overcome the current challenges.


Key-words: Coup d’état. Social hierarchies. Covid-19 pandemic.

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Published

2020-11-05

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 2 (2020): Maio/Agosto

Section

Dossiê: Instituições, Políticas Públicas e Desenvolvimento em Tempos de Pandemia Global

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