The Ideology of Division: Behavior Modification Welfare Reform Proposals

[Proposals for health reform and equity in Uruguay: a redefinition of the Welfare State?].

This article reviews and analyzes health sector reform proposals in Uruguay and the possible effects of such reforms in terms of equity, the health sector's institutional structure, and the power relationship between the various actors in the process. The authors contend that a highly structured yet simultaneously fragmented system has conspired against any attempt to introduce major reforms in...

WELFARE REFORM Welfare Reform and the Impact on Children

The passage of the 1996 PRWORA (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act) transformed the U.S. welfare system from a federal entitlement program that emphasized cash assistance to poor families, primarily, to a state block grant that stressed time limits and work. More specifically, the law mandated lifetime time limits of five years for receipt of cash assistance (TANF...

Health care reform: beyond ideology.

Effects of Welfare Reform on Youth Delinquent Behavior

Welfare State Reform in Chile and Uruguay: Cross-class Coalitions, Elite Ideology, and Veto Players

This paper provides a comparative historical analysis of the emergence, consolidation, and reform of the Chilean and Uruguayan welfare states. While until the 1970’s both countries built strikingly similar social protection systems, they subsequently advanced divergent strategies of reform, with Chile following the retrenchment path and Uruguay pursuing the maintenance avenue. My objective is t...