Author: Alberto Minujin / Publication Year: within 25 Years

Author:: Alberto Minujin, Louise Moreira Daniels, and Javier Curcio
Publication Date:: 01-2010
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs
Abstract:: Children in Latin American (LA) countries were among the most vulnerable groups that suffered from the adjustment policies promoted by the “Washington Consensus” in the 1980s and 1990s. In that context, several organizations started initiatives to ensure and promote resources allocated by public budgets to children and women. This paper describes and analyzes the characteristics and main activities of such initiatives in a dozen LA countries, with in-depth analysis provided for three countries: Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador. A number of lessons are enumerated, which can serve as orientation for other regions, in particular for Africa.
Topic:: Development and Labor Issues
Political Geography:: Africa, Washington, Brazil, Argentina, Latin America, and Ecuador

Author:: Alberto Minujin and Guillermina Comas
Publication Date:: 02-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs
Abstract:: This paper analyzes the vulnerability of the middle class in Latin America in face of the neo-liberal policies implemented in the region during recent decades and discusses possible policies and programs that promote the building and strengthening of democratic processes throughout the region. Changes in the Latin American middle class are examined. An important part of the middle class can be active participants in the process of building democracy and developing inclusive and equitable societies. This will require the implementation of policies and programs that promote the participation of the middle class in the public sphere.
Topic:: Democratization, Development, and Social Stratification
Political Geography:: Latin America

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