Takeover of Social Policy By Financialization - The Brazilian Paradox

Informationen zum Autor Lena Lavinas is Professor of Welfare Economics at the Institute of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Senior Researcher at the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPQ). Her most recent appointment was as a fellow (2016-2017) at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Berlin.  Klappentext This book critically addresses the model of social inclusion that prevailed in Brazil under the rule of the Workers Party from the early 2000s until 2015. It examines how the emergence of a mass consumer society proved insufficient, not only to overcome underdevelopment, but also to consolidate the comprehensive social protection system inherited from Brazil’s 1988 Constitution. By juxtaposing different theoretical frameworks, this book scrutinizes how the current finance-dominated capitalism has reshaped the role of social policy, away from rights-based decommodified benefits and towards further commodification. This constitutes the Brazilian paradox: how a center-left government has promoted and boosted financialization through a market incorporation strategy using credit as a lever for expanding financial inclusion. In so doing, it has pushed the subjection of social policy further into the logic of financial markets. Zusammenfassung This book critically addresses the model of social inclusion that prevailed in Brazil under the rule of the Workers Party from the early 2000s until 2015. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction.- 2. Social Developmentalism as a Growth Model in Times of Financialization.- 3. Financial Inclusion in the New Covenant for Growth.- 4. Connections between the Social Protection System, Taxation, and Financialization.- 5. Lingering Brazilian Paradoxes.

Product details

• Authors: Lena Lavinas, Professor Lena Lavinas
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781137491060
• ISBN: 978-1-137-49106-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Wirtschaftswissenschaft, B, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste, Kommunal-, Regional- Landes und Lokalregierung, Economics, Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer, Social Policy, Social & ethical issues, auseinandersetzen, Economics and Finance, Political Economy, Public finance, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Economy-wide Country Studies, Finance, Public, Latin American and Caribbean Economics, Latin America—Economic conditions, consumer credit, Latin American/Caribbean Economics, mass consumption