scholarly journals Famílias e assistência social: reflexões sobre o BPC e o PBF | Families and social assistance: reflections on the Continued Payment Benefit (BPC) and the Bolsa Família (PBF) programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (42) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica De Castro Maia Senna ◽  
Brenda Luanda Silva Costa
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Bolsa Familia ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Social Protection Systems ◽  
Brazilian Case

Este artigo pretende contribuir para o debate em torno do trabalho com famílias na política de assistência social, a partir da análise de alguns elementos que circunscrevem a centralidade da família nas políticas e programas sociais brasileiros nos anos recentes, mais especificamente no âmbito do Programa Bolsa Família e do Benefício de Prestação Continuada. Tomando por base estudos e experiências concretas, abordamos algumas inflexões produzidas nos sistemas nacionais de proteção social nas últimas décadas, com destaque para o caso brasileiro. Enfatizamos alguns aspectos contraditórios presentes nas relações estabelecidas entre Estado e família forjadas a partir da constituição dessas duas modalidades de provisão da assistência social.Palavras-Chave: política social; assistência social; família; bolsa família; benefício de prestação continuada. Abstract – This article intends to contribute to the debate about the work with families in social assistance policy, from the analysis of some elements that circumscribe the centrality of family in Brazilian social policies and programs in recent years, specifically within the scope of the Bolsa Família and the Continued Payment Benefit programs. Based on studies and concrete experiences, we have approached some inflections produced in national social protection systems in the last decades, focusing on the Brazilian case. We emphasize some contradictory aspects present in the relations established between state and family forged from the constitution of these two modalities of provision of social assistance.Keywords: social policy; social assistance; family; Bolsa Família; Continued Payment Benefits.

Modernization of Social Security System Legal Regulation in Kazakhstan: Experience and Standards of the OECD Members Implementation

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2498
Author(s):  
Gulzhan N. MUKHAMADIYEVA ◽  
Gulyiya MUKALDYEVA ◽  
Zhanar T. KARASHEVA ◽  
Amangeldy Sh. KHAMZIN ◽  
Yermek A. BURIBAYEV ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

The main idea of the study is to substantiate legislative proposals, recommendations on the introduction in Kazakhstan of the standards of social protection systems of OECD member countries. As a result of the research, conclusions were drawn up aimed at improving the norms of the current legislation and law enforcement practice, and on modernizing measures to implement social policy in the context of the process of the progressive development of Kazakhstan as a social state. The purpose of the article is to develop recommendations, proposals focused on the further development of the legal framework of the social sphere in Kazakhstan as a perspective orientation of legal science and as the most important mechanism for implementing a number of constitutional human and citizen rights. The purpose of the study is limited to four main areas, namely the analysis of social protection systems of OECD countries in the event of the following social risks: disability, poverty, retirement age, and social security guarantees for the family and the child. The applied objective of the work is related to the justification and elaboration of a set of proposals to improve the current social legislation, proposals to increase the effectiveness of state social policy, to introduce the standards of OECD countries in the field of social protection into Kazakhstan's domestic law. Targeted users of the research results are the interested state bodies, the scientific community, students, undergraduates, doctoral students, a wide range of persons interested in the problems of legal provision of state social policy, social human rights.

scholarly journals Comparative social policy in contemporary Latin America: Concepts, theories and a research agenda

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gibran Cruz-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Art Research ◽  
Social Protection Systems

This is the introductory chapter of the book Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America. The purpose of the book is threefold: (i) to present a historical and theoretical analysis of social protection systems and welfare regimes in contemporary Latin America; (ii) to discuss the politics of contemporary social protection and how national/global actors and institutions shape social policy in the region; and (iii) to examine several debates on social protection and welfare systems in contemporary Latin America. The chapter presents state-of-the-art research in the areas of social policy and welfare that is examined in each of the three parts of the book. What do we know about welfare regimes in Latin America? What do we know about the role of (f)actors shaping social protection development and inclusion? What do we know about recent debates regarding social protection and welfare in Latin America? Particular attention is paid to the contribution made by chapters in this edited volume to the social policy literature. The chapter finishes with a description of the content and results of each chapter in this edited volume.

The governance of poverty: Welfare reform, activation policies, and social assistance benefits and caseloads in Nordic countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 487-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renate Minas ◽  
Vibeke Jakobsen ◽  
Timo Kauppinen ◽  
Tomas Korpi ◽  
Thomas Lorentzen
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Institutional Cooperation ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Hierarchical Levels ◽  
Local Discretion ◽  
Social Protection Systems ◽  
Welfare Agencies

Social assistance benefits are the last resort in national social protection systems, and decentralizing reforms leading to increasing local discretion over implementation of national legislation was an international trend frequently referred to as devolution. More recent reforms have instead often implied recentralization and/or involved mandatory institutional cooperation between welfare agencies located at different hierarchical levels. In contrast to North America, there is little European evidence on the extent to which shifting responsibilities influence benefit levels and benefit receipt. Using individual level register data from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and applying a difference-in-difference approach, we link changes in legislation to changes in municipal benefits as well as caseloads during the period 1990–2010. We only find indications of reform effects linked to distinct benefit centralization, concluding that other reforms were too insubstantial to have an impact. Combined with earlier evidence, this suggests that in order to have an impact, welfare reform requires marked changes in authority.

scholarly journals Challenges and Contradictions in the ‘Normalising’ of Precarious Work

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Rubery ◽  
Damian Grimshaw ◽  
Arjan Keizer ◽  
Mathew Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
New Vision ◽  
State Subsidies ◽  
Social Protection Systems ◽  
Standard Employment Relationship

Precarious work is increasingly considered the new ‘norm’ to which employment and social protection systems must adjust. This article explores the contradictions and tensions that arise from different processes of normalisation driven by social policies that simultaneously decommodify and recommodify labour. An expanded framework of decommodification is presented that identifies how the standard employment relationship (SER) may be extended and flexibilised to include those in precarious work, drawing examples from a recent study of precarious work across six European countries. These decommodification processes are found to be both partial and, in some cases, coexisting with activation policies that position precarious work as an alternative to unemployment, thereby recommodifying labour. Despite these challenges and contradictions, the article argues that a new vision of SER reform promises greater inclusion than alternative policy scenarios that give up on the regulation of employers and rely on state subsidies to mitigate against precariousness.

scholarly journals Forum Introduction: Dynamics of social protection in fragile contexts: Nepal and Myanmar

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Koehler ◽  
Nicholas Mathers
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Protection Policy ◽  
Child Benefits ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Fiscal Space ◽  
Social Protection Systems ◽  
Administrative Obstacles

This article explores some of the shared dimensions of fragility experienced by Myanmar and Nepal to illuminate the challenging contexts in which social protection policies and programmes have taken shape. Both countries have adopted a universalist, rights-based vision in their approaches to social protection, with social pensions and child benefits at the forefront of social protection programming. At the same time, both countries are employing incremental strategies to overcome political, social, and administrative obstacles, while demonstrating that fiscal space is available. The politics of social protection policy making are obvious, and consistent engagement by progressive social policy advocates in these countries will be necessary to seize opportunities, and to ensure continued investment in building inclusive, effective, and accountable social protection systems.

Regional social integration and free movement across borders: The role of social policy in enabling and preventing access to social entitlements by cross-border movers. European Union and Southern Africa compared Integración social regional y la libre circulación a través de las fronteras: el papel de la política social para permitir y evitar el acceso a los derechos sociales de sujetos transfronterizos. Unión Europea y África Austral (SADC) en comparación Intégration régionale sociale et libre circulation aux frontières : le rôle de la politique sociale, de la lutte et de la prévention de l'accès aux droits sociaux par les migrants transfrontaliers. Comparaison entre l'Union européenne et l'Afrique australe

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Free Movement ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Politique Sociale ◽  
Services Sociaux ◽  
The Eu

Social policies are central to regional social integration. This article addresses this with the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It considers the part that access to social security, social assistance, health and education services play in facilitating free movement within regions. The article shows that in the EU the formal reality of free movement is substantially curtailed by problems with the portability of and access to social benefits. In SADC migrants' access to social protection and social services show remarkable similarity to the EU. Access to social assistance is missing in both regions for some movers. Given the symbolic nature of the “no recourse to public funds for migrants“ mantra of national social policies in both regions the article concludes that a policy and funding response at the regional or even global level is required if regional social integration is to be enhanced through social policy. Spanish Las políticas sociales son fundamentales para la integración social regional. Este artículo aborda este precepto en la Unión Europea (UE) y la Comunidad de Desarrollo de África Austral (SADC), considerando que los servicios de acceso a la seguridad social, a la asistencia social, a la salud y a la educación juegan un papel en la facilitación de la libre circulación entre regiones. El documento muestra que en la UE la realidad formal de la libre circulación se ve sustancialmente reducida por problemas con la portabilidad y el acceso a las prestaciones sociales. En la SADC el acceso de los migrantes a la protección social y a los servicios sociales muestra una marcada similitud con la UE. En ambas regiones, el acceso a la asistencia social no existe para algunos sujetos. Dado el carácter simbólico del mantra de las políticas sociales nacionales en ambas regiones de "no recurrir a los fondos públicos para los migrantes", el trabajo concluye que se requiere una respuesta política y definanciación a nivel regional, o incluso mundial, si se pretende mejorar la integración social regional a través de la política social. French Les politiques sociales se situent actuellement au cœur de l'intégration sociale régionale. Ce document aborde ce e question dans le cas de l'Union européenne (UE) et de la Communauté de développement d'Afrique australe (SADC). Il considère le fait que, l'accès à la sécurité sociale, aux services sociaux, à la santé et à l'éducation participe de manière effective à la libre circulation des personnes au sein des régions. Le document montre que dans l'UE, la réalité formelle de la libre circulation est considérablement restreinte par des problèmes liés à l'adaptation et à l'accès aux prestations sociales. L'accès des migrants à la protection sociale et aux services sociaux au sein du SADC montre des similitudes remarquables avec l'UE. L'accès à l'aide sociale est absent dans les deux régions pour certains transfrontaliers. Compte tenu de la nature symbolique du «non recours aux fonds publics pour les migrants" appliqué dans les politiques sociales nationales de ces deux régions, cet article conclut qu'une politique et une réponse financière élaborée au niveau régional ou même mondial sont nécessaires si l'on souhaite que l'intégration régionale sociale soit renforcée par la politique sociale.

A cascade of exclusion: administrative burdens and access to citizenship in the case of Argentina’s National Identity Document

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232098454
Author(s):  
Mariana Chudnovsky ◽  
Rik Peeters
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Identity Document ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

Administrative burdens can hinder people’s social, political and economic participation. However, most empirical studies usually tackle the issue of how they affect access to citizenship merely indirectly. This article examines administrative exclusion from Argentina’s National Identity Document and its effects on a key social policy: the Universal Child Allowance. Findings indicate that: (1) administrative exclusion from official identity documents ‘feeds back’ into the construction of a vulnerable target group that is systematically excluded from social benefits and public services; and (2) limitations in the administrative capacity for identity registration and documentation ‘trickle down’ to complications in the implementation of social policies as target groups remain ‘off the radar’. Findings also demonstrate the importance of understanding administrative burdens as a systemic issue. Burdens manifest themselves at the level of citizen–state interactions but their causes and consequences are tied up with intractable institutional characteristics, administrative capacities and social inequalities. Points for practitioners Efforts by developing countries to develop effective social protection systems are often thwarted by limitations in the state’s capacity to identify and reach marginalized citizens. This suggests the need for a systemic perspective of the state’s entire capacity instead of merely focusing on the design of social protection programmes. Specifically, we demonstrate that complete, accessible and up-to-date civil registries, identity documents and other forms of registration are a precondition for transforming formal rights into a tangible reality for citizens.

scholarly journals Influence of Fiscal Policies and Labor Market Characteristics on Sustainable Social Insurance Budgets—Empirical Evidence from Central and Eastern European Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6197
Author(s):  
Adriana Florina Popa ◽  
Stefania Amalia Jimon ◽  
Delia David ◽  
Daniela Nicoleta Sahlian
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Fiscal Policies ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

Social protection systems are a key factor for ensuring the long-term sustainability and stability of economies in the European Union, their reform being nowadays present in the political agenda of member states. Aging and the dependence on mandatory levies applied to the employed population on the labor market represent a threat for the sustainability of public social protection systems. In terms of sustainability, our purpose was to highlight the factors influencing social insurance budgets, considering the fiscal policies implemented in six countries of Central and Eastern Europe and their particular labor market characteristics. Therefore, a panel study based on a regression model using the Ordinary Least Squares method (OLS) with cross section random effects was used to determine the correlations between funding sources and labor market specific indicators. The data analyzed led to relevant results that emphasize the dependence of social insurance budgets on positive factors such as the average level of salaries, the share of compulsory social contributions, the unemployment rate, and the human development index, suggesting the continuing need for professional and personal development of the workforce.

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