Irma Arriagada
Biographic Data
| ID | 567391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irma Arriagada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irma |
| FAMILY NAME | Arriagada |
| SIGNATURE | ARRIAGADA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Crisis social y de la organización social de los cuidados en Chile
En este texto se describe brevemente la evolución de las políticas sociales relativas al cuidado, para lo cual se recopila y analiza la legislación relativa a la protección de la maternidad, de la niñez, de la vejez y de la discapacidad en tres períodos históricos: 1924-1973; 1973-1990 y 1990-2020. Luego se analizan los factores estructurales que se encuentran en la base de la crisis del modelo de organización social del cuidado en Chile, y final…
Changes and Inequality in Latin American Families
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the changes that have affected a key institution in people’s lives -family-and to set those changes in a wider context. It aims to describe processes of modernization and modernity and their effects on families, by providing a diagnostic study highlighting the diversity of families in Latin America and changes that have affected them in different socio-economic strata. While drawing attention to heter…
Dimensions of poverty and gender policies
This article holds that poverty is multidimensional in nature, and that the ways to measure it and the policies to fight it are determined by how it is defined. After reviewing various definitions, the article notes that there is some consensus that poverty means the deprivation of the basic assets and opportunities to which all human beings are entitled; it examines concepts related to poverty, such as vulnerability, inequality, marginality, exc…
Capital social
Una revista científica, con revisión por pares, que publica investigación empírica y contribuciones teóricas en sociología, antropología, sociodemografía, y disciplinas afines. Nuestra misión es presentar los resultados de la investigación de la más alta calidad, con énfasis en América Latina, pero con proyección y alcance global
Cambios y desigualdad en las familias latinoamericanas
La familia —institución crucial en la vida de las personas—tiende a examinarse como si estuviera estática e inmodificada en el tiempo. Este texto quiere contribuir a esclarecer los cambios que la han afectado en un contexto socioeconómico y cultural mayor, develando los procesos de modernización y de modernidad y sus efectos en las familias. Para reflexionar sobre estas relaciones se ofrece un diagnóstico de las familias de la región: se describe…
Changes and inequality in Latin American families
The family -a key institution in people’s lives- tends to be EC LAC iamagada@eclac cl examined as though it were statie and immutable over time. This paper seeks to shed some light on the changes which have affected the family in a broader socio-economic and cultural context, highlighting the processes of modernization and modernity and their effects on families, by making a diagnostic study of families in the region which describes the changes t…
Familias latinoamericanas
Nuevas familias para un nuevo siglo
Este texto examina brevemente as grandes tendências da globalização recente e os processos que vêm de algum tempo referentes à uma modernização frágil sem modernidade na América Latina, relacionando-as com as mudanças nas famílias latino-americanas, alterando sua estrutura e funcionamento, tendo como base as questões de ordem econômica; há um conjunto de conseqüências para a socialização das gerações mais novas e por outro lado, fatores culturais…
Prevention or repression? The false dilemma of citizen security
There is a marked contrast between the growing sense of insecurity among the population and the absence of consolidated statistics that would allow the phenomenon to be measured more objectively. This article seeks to make a contribution to the knowledge of the situation of citizen insecurity affecting the region, taking a comparative view based on the limited and not always reliable information available and looking at the problem from various s…
Latin American families
The structure, functions and everyday practices of families have changed considerably due to the impact of the demographic, social and economic transformations which have taken place in Latin America. This article begins by describing the complexity and diversity of urban families, on the basis of quantitative data. It then analyses the material conditions through which families have passed and the new approach to these changes. Particular emphas…
Changes in the urban female labour market
This article seeks to make an orderly summary of the information on urban female labour in Latin America in the 1990s and thus make a contribution to an updated diagnosis of the female labour market to help serve in the formulation of policies for women. It looks at the past evolution of fem ale labour, analyses the effects of the crisis of the early 1980s on this sector of labour, and reviews the changes that have taken place in it, which have u…
Unequal participation by women in the working world
Interest in studying the economic performance of women in the region dates from recent times and is related to development studies. An initial conclusion of analyses on the economic roles of the sexes was the unequal participation by men and women in the labour market. According to census records, the greater part of the adult male population appears as working population, while the majority of women appear as non-working population, i.e., they a…
Prevention or repression? The false dilemma of citizen security
There is a marked contrast between the growing sense of insecurity among the population and the absence of consolidated statistics that would allow the phenomenon to be measured more objectively. This article seeks to make a contribution to the knowledge of the situation of citizen insecurity affecting the region, taking a comparative view based on the limited and not always reliable information available and looking at the problem from various s…
Changes and inequality in Latin American families
The family -a key institution in people’s lives- tends to be EC LAC iamagada@eclac cl examined as though it were statie and immutable over time. This paper seeks to shed some light on the changes which have affected the family in a broader socio-economic and cultural context, highlighting the processes of modernization and modernity and their effects on families, by making a diagnostic study of families in the region which describes the changes t…
Latin American families
The structure, functions and everyday practices of families have changed considerably due to the impact of the demographic, social and economic transformations which have taken place in Latin America. This article begins by describing the complexity and diversity of urban families, on the basis of quantitative data. It then analyses the material conditions through which families have passed and the new approach to these changes. Particular emphas…
Changes in the urban female labour market
This article seeks to make an orderly summary of the information on urban female labour in Latin America in the 1990s and thus make a contribution to an updated diagnosis of the female labour market to help serve in the formulation of policies for women. It looks at the past evolution of fem ale labour, analyses the effects of the crisis of the early 1980s on this sector of labour, and reviews the changes that have taken place in it, which have u…
Changes and Inequality in Latin American Families
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the changes that have affected a key institution in people’s lives -family-and to set those changes in a wider context. It aims to describe processes of modernization and modernity and their effects on families, by providing a diagnostic study highlighting the diversity of families in Latin America and changes that have affected them in different socio-economic strata. While drawing attention to heter…
Unequal participation by women in the working world
Interest in studying the economic performance of women in the region dates from recent times and is related to development studies. An initial conclusion of analyses on the economic roles of the sexes was the unequal participation by men and women in the labour market. According to census records, the greater part of the adult male population appears as working population, while the majority of women appear as non-working population, i.e., they a…
Changes in the urban female labour market
This article seeks to make an orderly summary of the information on urban female labour in Latin America in the 1990s and thus make a contribution to an updated diagnosis of the female labour market to help serve in the formulation of policies for women. It looks at the past evolution of fem ale labour, analyses the effects of the crisis of the early 1980s on this sector of labour, and reviews the changes that have taken place in it, which have u…
Latin American families
The structure, functions and everyday practices of families have changed considerably due to the impact of the demographic, social and economic transformations which have taken place in Latin America. This article begins by describing the complexity and diversity of urban families, on the basis of quantitative data. It then analyses the material conditions through which families have passed and the new approach to these changes. Particular emphas…
Nuevas familias para un nuevo siglo
Este texto examina brevemente as grandes tendências da globalização recente e os processos que vêm de algum tempo referentes à uma modernização frágil sem modernidade na América Latina, relacionando-as com as mudanças nas famílias latino-americanas, alterando sua estrutura e funcionamento, tendo como base as questões de ordem econômica; há um conjunto de conseqüências para a socialização das gerações mais novas e por outro lado, fatores culturais…
Prevention or repression? The false dilemma of citizen security
There is a marked contrast between the growing sense of insecurity among the population and the absence of consolidated statistics that would allow the phenomenon to be measured more objectively. This article seeks to make a contribution to the knowledge of the situation of citizen insecurity affecting the region, taking a comparative view based on the limited and not always reliable information available and looking at the problem from various s…
Familias latinoamericanas
Cambios y desigualdad en las familias latinoamericanas
La familia —institución crucial en la vida de las personas—tiende a examinarse como si estuviera estática e inmodificada en el tiempo. Este texto quiere contribuir a esclarecer los cambios que la han afectado en un contexto socioeconómico y cultural mayor, develando los procesos de modernización y de modernidad y sus efectos en las familias. Para reflexionar sobre estas relaciones se ofrece un diagnóstico de las familias de la región: se describe…
Changes and inequality in Latin American families
The family -a key institution in people’s lives- tends to be EC LAC iamagada@eclac cl examined as though it were statie and immutable over time. This paper seeks to shed some light on the changes which have affected the family in a broader socio-economic and cultural context, highlighting the processes of modernization and modernity and their effects on families, by making a diagnostic study of families in the region which describes the changes t…
Capital social
Una revista científica, con revisión por pares, que publica investigación empírica y contribuciones teóricas en sociología, antropología, sociodemografía, y disciplinas afines. Nuestra misión es presentar los resultados de la investigación de la más alta calidad, con énfasis en América Latina, pero con proyección y alcance global
Dimensions of poverty and gender policies
This article holds that poverty is multidimensional in nature, and that the ways to measure it and the policies to fight it are determined by how it is defined. After reviewing various definitions, the article notes that there is some consensus that poverty means the deprivation of the basic assets and opportunities to which all human beings are entitled; it examines concepts related to poverty, such as vulnerability, inequality, marginality, exc…
Changes and Inequality in Latin American Families
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the changes that have affected a key institution in people’s lives -family-and to set those changes in a wider context. It aims to describe processes of modernization and modernity and their effects on families, by providing a diagnostic study highlighting the diversity of families in Latin America and changes that have affected them in different socio-economic strata. While drawing attention to heter…
Crisis social y de la organización social de los cuidados en Chile
En este texto se describe brevemente la evolución de las políticas sociales relativas al cuidado, para lo cual se recopila y analiza la legislación relativa a la protección de la maternidad, de la niñez, de la vejez y de la discapacidad en tres períodos históricos: 1924-1973; 1973-1990 y 1990-2020. Luego se analizan los factores estructurales que se encuentran en la base de la crisis del modelo de organización social del cuidado en Chile, y final…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Economics (8 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Latin Americans (6 works) · Social Sciences and Policies (6 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Humanities (4 works)