Ana Lúcia Kassouf
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199558582
- eISBN:
- 9780191594397
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199558582.003.0015
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter is the first of three county-wide case studies examining the impact of national policies to tackle child labour. These policies are examined in the context of the public health model of ...
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This chapter is the first of three county-wide case studies examining the impact of national policies to tackle child labour. These policies are examined in the context of the public health model of child labour discussed throughout this book. In the context of Brazil, the chapter examines in particular the Bolsa Escola and Bolsa Família programmes, and the Child Labour Eradication Programme.Less
This chapter is the first of three county-wide case studies examining the impact of national policies to tackle child labour. These policies are examined in the context of the public health model of child labour discussed throughout this book. In the context of Brazil, the chapter examines in particular the Bolsa Escola and Bolsa Família programmes, and the Child Labour Eradication Programme.
Luis Henrique Paiva, Tereza Cristina Cotta, and Armando Barrientos
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- October 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780198843719
- eISBN:
- 9780191879432
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198843719.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
The first experiences with conditional cash transfers (CCTs) took place in the mid-1990s in Brazil, at the local level. They were later adopted at the national level in Mexico (in 1997, with the ...
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The first experiences with conditional cash transfers (CCTs) took place in the mid-1990s in Brazil, at the local level. They were later adopted at the national level in Mexico (in 1997, with the Prospera programme), in Brazil (by 2001, with several CCTs), as well as in other Latin American countries. In 2003, the Bolsa Família programme unified previous national CCTs and massively expanded their number of beneficiaries. It managed to reach almost a quarter of the Brazilian population and became the most progressive cash transfer made by the state. Over time, numerous evaluations measured the programme’s impacts on the reduction of poverty and inequality and the improvement of education and health indicators. Domestically, these impacts, together with strong support by researchers and multilateral organizations, eventually translated this ‘good policy’ (quality design and implementation) into ‘good politics’ (political support from beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries alike, and public commitment to the programme’s maintenance by all relevant political forces). The Bolsa Família ‘model’ is now adopted in sixty-seven different countries according to the World Bank in 2017.Less
The first experiences with conditional cash transfers (CCTs) took place in the mid-1990s in Brazil, at the local level. They were later adopted at the national level in Mexico (in 1997, with the Prospera programme), in Brazil (by 2001, with several CCTs), as well as in other Latin American countries. In 2003, the Bolsa Família programme unified previous national CCTs and massively expanded their number of beneficiaries. It managed to reach almost a quarter of the Brazilian population and became the most progressive cash transfer made by the state. Over time, numerous evaluations measured the programme’s impacts on the reduction of poverty and inequality and the improvement of education and health indicators. Domestically, these impacts, together with strong support by researchers and multilateral organizations, eventually translated this ‘good policy’ (quality design and implementation) into ‘good politics’ (political support from beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries alike, and public commitment to the programme’s maintenance by all relevant political forces). The Bolsa Família ‘model’ is now adopted in sixty-seven different countries according to the World Bank in 2017.
Timothy J. Power
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- June 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190462888
- eISBN:
- 9780190492885
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190462888.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Economy
This chapter reviews macropolitical interpretations of both causes and consequences of Brazil's recent reduction of poverty and inequality, stressing the 2003-2013 period. The chapter reviews four ...
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This chapter reviews macropolitical interpretations of both causes and consequences of Brazil's recent reduction of poverty and inequality, stressing the 2003-2013 period. The chapter reviews four theses about causes and four theses about consequences. On causes of pro-poor policies, the chapter addresses: (1): a general "inclusive institutions" argument; (2) a mobilizationist/participationist perspective; (3) a consensus politics argument, focusing on path dependency since the Plano Real; and (4) a neoinstitutionalist perspective, based on new understandings of coalitional governance. On the consequences of pro-poor policies, the chapter evaluates (1) new class and regional cleavages in presidential elections; (2) the realignment thesis proposed by André Singer; (3) contested propositions of lulismo, i.e., the idea that social transformation is associated with a single governmental experience; and (4) impacts on Brazilian political culture, including changes in mass value priorities (i.e., emerging quality of life agenda) and in mass behavior (e.g., the protest activity of 2013).Less
This chapter reviews macropolitical interpretations of both causes and consequences of Brazil's recent reduction of poverty and inequality, stressing the 2003-2013 period. The chapter reviews four theses about causes and four theses about consequences. On causes of pro-poor policies, the chapter addresses: (1): a general "inclusive institutions" argument; (2) a mobilizationist/participationist perspective; (3) a consensus politics argument, focusing on path dependency since the Plano Real; and (4) a neoinstitutionalist perspective, based on new understandings of coalitional governance. On the consequences of pro-poor policies, the chapter evaluates (1) new class and regional cleavages in presidential elections; (2) the realignment thesis proposed by André Singer; (3) contested propositions of lulismo, i.e., the idea that social transformation is associated with a single governmental experience; and (4) impacts on Brazilian political culture, including changes in mass value priorities (i.e., emerging quality of life agenda) and in mass behavior (e.g., the protest activity of 2013).
Ben Ross Schneider (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- June 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190462888
- eISBN:
- 9780190492885
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190462888.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Economy
This book takes a deep, long look at the political economy of Brazil. The distinctive perspectives of the 11 chapters is historical, comparative, and theoretical. The main substantive chapters are ...
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This book takes a deep, long look at the political economy of Brazil. The distinctive perspectives of the 11 chapters is historical, comparative, and theoretical. The main substantive chapters are grouped into four parts covering Brazil’s development strategy, governance, social change, and political representation. The authors—18 leading experts from Brazil and the United States—analyze core issues in Brazil’s evolving political economy, including falling inequality, the new middle class, equalizing federalism, the politicization of the federal bureaucracy, resurgent state capitalism, labor market discrimination, survival of political dynasties, the expansion of suffrage, oil, the resource curse, exchange rates and capital controls, protest movements, and the frayed social contract.Less
This book takes a deep, long look at the political economy of Brazil. The distinctive perspectives of the 11 chapters is historical, comparative, and theoretical. The main substantive chapters are grouped into four parts covering Brazil’s development strategy, governance, social change, and political representation. The authors—18 leading experts from Brazil and the United States—analyze core issues in Brazil’s evolving political economy, including falling inequality, the new middle class, equalizing federalism, the politicization of the federal bureaucracy, resurgent state capitalism, labor market discrimination, survival of political dynasties, the expansion of suffrage, oil, the resource curse, exchange rates and capital controls, protest movements, and the frayed social contract.
