Social Investment Policies in Chile and Latin America
Towards Equal Opportunities for Women and Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2115204 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silke Staab (0000-0003-4228-6716, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 607-626 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279410000243 |
| OpenAlex | W1984565950 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 30 |
Social investment ideas are increasingly permeating social and care policy-making in Latin America. In this article, I analyse a variety of instruments which have been used to 'invest in children' across a range of Latin American countries to then zoom in on Chile, where early childhood education and care have attained a prominent place on the welfare agenda in recent years. This policy interest materialised in 'Chile Grows With You', an integrated child development strategy whose title resonates strongly with the global narrative on social investment. Engaging with the programme's aim of creating 'equal opportunities from the cradle', I discuss the transformative potential and the limitations of childcare service expansion in a highly unequal context
Context (archaeology) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Investment (military) · Latin Americans · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Social change · Sociology · Transformative learning · Variety (cybernetics) · Child Welfare and Adoption · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Programas de Transferencia Condicionada y Representaciones de la Pobreza en Bolivia y Perú
Líneas divisorias en la crianza, enseñanza y cuidado de la primera infancia
Family Policies Across the Globe
The Fading Goal of Gender Equality
Avanzando hacia las transferencias monetarias condicionadas de “segunda generación” en Latinoamérica? El caso de Chile
The resilience of maternalism in European welfare states
The Social Investment Perspective, Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes and the Welfare Mix
Do families in poverty need child and family social work
Towards Post-neoliberal Resource Politics? The International Political Economy (IPE) of Oil and Copper in Brazil and Chile
Equality of Opportunities, Divergent Conceptualisations and their Implications for Early Childhood Care and Education Policies
Género y apropiación de la perspectiva de inversión social en Bolivia
Aid and Gendered Subjectivity in Rural Guatemala
The state role in civilising childcare – comparing policy intentions with childcare in Brazil and Denmark
La expansión contemporánea de la protección social en Latinoamérica y la incorporación segmentada de los “outsiders”
Mapping Family Policy Developments in 45 Western and Latin American Countries Over 120 Years
In the name of the children”
The Greatest of Equalisers’
Child‐centered social policies in Argentina
Moving away from familism by default? The trends of family policies in Latin America
Gender differences in European volunteer rates
Protest, citizenship and democratic renewal
Putting Two and Two Together? Early Childhood Education, Mothers' Employment and Care Service Expansion in Chile and Mexico
Hours of Work and Early Childhood Education and Access to Care Services in Latin America
Yielding Returns on Homeless Policy Through the Micro-Economisation of Housing First Recipients
The multidimensionality of childcare policy change
Determinants of Equitable Social Policy in Latin America (1990-2013)
The Evolution of the Women-friendly State
Why We Need a New Welfare State
Latin America
Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context
Social Policy in a Development Context
Developmentalism and Social Change in Chile
Social Policy Reform and Market Governance in Latin America
The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ and the ‘Feminisation’ of Anti-Poverty Programmes
From Structural Adjustment to Social Adjustment
The Politics of Ideals of Care
Child Care
Lost in Translation
Really' Equal
Barriers to Equitable Access
Fitting gender into development institutions
Rescuing gender from the poverty trap
Investing in the Citizen‐workers of the Future
Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context
Contemporary Child Care Policy and Practice
Building blocks for a new social architecture
The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality
Contract Labour
Brazil's Bolsa Família
The 'Neoliberal Turn' and the New Social Policy in Latin America
Gendered Poverty and Well-being
New Developments in Latin America's Social Policy
The Return to Social Policy and the Persistent Neglect of Unpaid Care
New Routes to Social Cohesion? Citizenship and the Social Investment State
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,73 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |