Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/110664 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Global Labour University Working Paper No. 26
Publisher: 
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva
Abstract: 
This paper aims at analyzing the contribution of social policies to declining rates of income inequalities in Brazil since the 1990s. Based on a framework of historical institutionalism, Brazil is characterised as a traditionally patrimonial society, marked by the institution of slavery. Important ruptures occurred during democratization in the 1980 s, when social movements successfully fought for social rights which featured prominently in the democratic constitution of 1988. During the 1990s a contradictory confluence of these achievements and neoliberal reforms led to the promotion of "inclusive liberalism". From the mid-2000s onwards policies began to shift in the direction of "evelopmental welfare" combining active state interventionism in economic and social policies with targeted cash transfers. This combination avoided the pitfalls of "inclusive liberalism"and promoted a considerable reduction of social inequalities.
Subjects: 
income distribution
social policy
social protection
social expenditure
political development
trend
Brazil
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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