Overview
- Examines how family policies in Latin America compare to those in Europe and North America
- Provides 14 country case studies to give a comparative overview of family policies across the continent
- Demonstrates how family policies across the region have been impacted by political regimes
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This book examines family policies in Latin America. The first half of the book adopts a thematic approach to assess how the concept of ‘family’ has changed over the last few decades, and how family policies are intrinsically linked to demographic changes, social class, family arrangements and the labour market. The second half of the book provides detailed country case studies in order to analyse family policies in action. Drawing on evidence from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay, it offers a comprehensive and comparative overview of family policies across the continent, demonstrating the various ways in which they have been impacted by political regimes and governance. The book also compares family policies in Latin America to those in Europe and North America. It will appeal to all those interested in family policy, public policy, development studies and sociology, as well as Latin America more generally.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Natália G.D. Sátyro is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her research interests include welfare policy, income inequality, and political institutions.
Analía Minteguiaga is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her research examines welfare regimes, social protection systems, socio-labor policies and dynamics of (in)equality in Latin America.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Family Policies in Latin America
Book Subtitle: From Implicit to Explicit Familialism
Editors: Natália G.D. Sátyro, Analía Minteguiaga
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88138-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-88137-4Published: 01 August 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-88140-4Due: 15 August 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-88138-1Published: 31 July 2025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 386
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging