Conditional cash transfers: Social work and eradicating poverty in Chile

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taly Reininger ◽  
Borja Castro-Serrano ◽  
Marcela Flotts ◽  
Mónica Vergara ◽  
Ana Fuentealba
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfers ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1960S

The following article revises conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in Latin America, followed by an examination of the history of poverty reduction programs in Chile since the 1960s and the installation of CCT programs in the country with a particular focus on the role of social work in their design and implementation. The article concludes with a discussion of the challenges social work faces in actively participating in the redesign and implementation of the new CCT model from a human rights and social justice focus.

Tools for Academic Research on Human Rights in Latin America: the Inter-American Human Rights System

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Orrego Hoyos
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe article below, which is written by Gloria Orrego Hoyos, presents an overview of the Inter-American Human Rights System, its main instruments, its organs for the protection and promotion of human rights in the Americas and the available tools for the academic research and the activism in the vindication for human rights in the region. This information is presented from the contextualization of the system within a history of violation of human rights in the region, and the role of both the Inter-American Convention and the Inter-American Court in the transformation of the social, political and institutional realities of the people of the continent.

scholarly journals Some Useful Sources

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-512
Author(s):  
Theodoros Papadopoulos ◽  
Ricardo Velázquez Leyer
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfers ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The World

The literature on social protection in Latin America – and more specifically on Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) – is substantial and growing as, increasingly, more academics from around the world seem to be attracted to social policy developments in the region and the role of CCTs in these developments. As the articles in our themed section cite many of the key sources on particular aspects of CCTs, we chose in this guide to highlight those sources we consider essential for any academic interested to investigate CCTs and, more broadly, the development of social policies in Latin America for research or teaching purposes.

Part VII Assessments, Ch.39 Human Rights Make a Difference: Lessons from Latin America

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Méndez Juan E ◽  
Cone Catherine
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Military Dictatorship ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
Human Rights Norms

This article discusses the lessons that can be learned from the history of the enforcement of human rights law in Latin America. It explains that there were mass human rights violations in the region during the 1970s under military dictatorship and describes how the Latin American communities have adopted the language of international human rights to advance the construction of more just and free societies with accountable governments. It highlights the role of civil society in the gradual process of incorporating human rights norms into the domestic legal systems.

scholarly journals Movimento de Reconceituação e Serviço Social argentino

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina Berta Moljo ◽  
José Fernando Siqueira da Silva ◽  
Roberto Zampani
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Latin American ◽  
History Of ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
History Of Social Work

Resumo – O presente artigo debate o Serviço Social argentino entre as décadas de 1960 a 1980. Além disso, analisa o processo de Reconceituação na Argentina e seus dilemas no conjunto do Movimento de Reconceituação latino-americano, analisando-o no contexto da mundialização capitalista-monopolista tardia e suas expressões na América Latina. Palavras-Chave: Reconceituação; história do Serviço Social; Argentina.   Abstract – This article discusses Argentine social work from the 1960s to the 1980s. It analyses the process of Reconceptualization in Argentina as part of the Latin American movement of Reconceptualization in the context of late monopolist-capitalist globalization and its expressions in Latin America. Keywords: reconceptualization; history of social work; Argentina.

The social work Reconceptualisation Movement in Latin America and the renewal in Brazil: the protagonist role of the Latin American Social Work Centre

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Raichelis ◽  
Maria Inês Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
The Social ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Work Centre

This article is part of the research ‘The Social Work Reconceptualization Movement in Latin America: Historical Determinants, International Interlocutions and Memory’. It portrays the 1960s’ socio-political framework in Latin America, as well as the cultural, ideo-political and socio-economic processes that have deeply affected global societies. In this context, it situates the contribution of the Latin American Social Work Centre to the Reconceptualisation Movement of social work in Latin America, when breaking with traditional social work, and the so-called ‘turnaround’ of Brazilian social work, responsible for profound transformations in academic and professional development and education, professional activity, and organisation, through the political articulation of several professional entities.

State-run celebration of Liberation Day in Czechoslovakia (based on audiovisual sources)

2019 ◽  
pp. 251-268
Author(s):  
Timur Gimadeev
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Military

The article deals with the history of celebrating the Liberation Day in Czechoslovakia organised by the state. Various aspects of the history of the holiday have been considered with the extensive use of audiovisual documents (materials from Czechoslovak newsreels and TV archives), which allowed for a detailed analysis of the propaganda representation of the holiday. As a result, it has been possible to identify the main stages of the historical evolution of the celebrations of Liberation Day, to discover the close interdependence between these stages and the country’s political development. The establishment of the holiday itself — its concept and the military parade as the main ritual — took place in the first post-war years, simultaneously with the consolidation of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Later, until the end of the 1960s, the celebrations gradually evolved along the political regime, acquiring new ritual forms (ceremonial meetings, and “guards of memory”). In 1968, at the same time as there was an attempt to rethink the entire socialist regime and the historical experience connected with it, an attempt was made to reconstruct Liberation Day. However, political “normalisation” led to the normalisation of the celebration itself, which played an important role in legitimising the Soviet presence in the country. At this stage, the role of ceremonial meetings and “guards of memory” increased, while inventions released in time for 9 May appeared and “May TV” was specially produced. The fall of the Communist regime in 1989 led to the fall of the concept of Liberation Day on 9 May, resulting in changes of the title, date and paradigm of the holiday, which became Victory Day and has been since celebrated on 8 May.

Nesting Expectations: What Can the Mexican and Argentinean Cash Transfers Tell Us about the Development of Development?

1969 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Andrés Dapuez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfers ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Transfer Programs

Latin American cash transfer programs have been implemented aiming at particular anticipatory scenarios. Given that the fulfillment of cash transfer objectives can be calculated neither empirically nor rationally a priori, I analyse these programs in this article using the concept of an “imaginary future.” I posit that cash transfer implementers in Latin America have entertained three main fictional expectations: social pacification in the short term, market inclusion in the long term, and the construction of a more distributive society in the very long term. I classify and date these developing expectations into three waves of conditional cash transfers implementation.

scholarly journals The Struggle Against Torture: Challenges, Assumptions and New Directions

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 324-333
Author(s):  
Tobias Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Current State ◽  
New Directions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
Forms Of Violence

Abstract This short essay offers a broad and necessarily incomplete review of the current state of the human rights struggle against torture and ill-treatment. It sketches four widespread assumptions in that struggle: 1) that torture is an issue of detention and interrogation; 2) that political or security detainees are archetypal victims of torture; 3) that legal reform is one of the best ways to fight torture; and 4) that human rights monitoring helps to stamp out violence. These four assumptions have all played an important role in the history of the human rights fight against torture, but also resulted in limitations in terms of the interventions that are used, the forms of violence that human rights practitioners respond to, and the types of survivors they seek to protect. Taken together, these four assumptions have created challenges for the human rights community in confronting the multiple forms of torture rooted in the deep and widespread inequality experienced by many poor and marginalized groups. The essay ends by pointing to some emerging themes in the fight against torture, such as a focus on inequality, extra-custodial violence, and the role of corruption.

Freedom Tide? Ideology, Politics, and the Origins of Democracy Promotion in U.S. Central America Policy, 1980–1984

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 60-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
Democracy Promotion ◽  
The Political ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Dramatic Shift

The Reagan administration came to power in 1981 seeking to downplay Jimmy Carter's emphasis on human rights in U.S. policy toward Latin America. Yet, by 1985 the administration had come to justify its policies towards Central America in the very same terms. This article examines the dramatic shift that occurred in policymaking toward Central America during Ronald Reagan's first term. Synthesizing existing accounts while drawing on new and recently declassified material, the article looks beyond rhetoric to the political, intellectual, and bureaucratic dynamics that conditioned the emergence of a Reaganite human rights policy. The article shows that events in El Salvador suggested to administration officials—and to Reagan himself—that support for free elections could serve as a means of shoring up legitimacy for embattled allies abroad, while defending the administration against vociferous human rights criticism at home. In the case of Nicaragua, democracy promotion helped to eschew hard decisions between foreign policy objectives. The history of the Reagan Doctrine's contentious roots provides a complex lens through which to evaluate subsequent U.S. attempts to foster democracy overseas.

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