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The Political Economy of Welfare State Restructuring in Latin America

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K03275
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionWaseda University (2016-2018)
Kobe University (2015)

Principal Investigator

Takahashi Yuriko  早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 准教授 (30432553)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords民主主義 / ラテンアメリカ / 福祉国家 / 福祉再編 / 貧困 / 格差 / 政治経済学 / 社会的保護
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to clarify the factors that have prompted the reorganization of welfare states in Latin America, which has experienced democratization in the past three decades. Using official statistics of social expenditure and cases studies, it provides the followings. Since the 1990s, countries in the region have restructured their welfare states by increasing the disbursement of non-contributory social assistance, with an emphasis on social protection for the poor, which had been traditionally excluded from social insurance schemes. Specifically, the expansion of conditional cash transfer policies, the institutionalization of social pensions, and the strengthening of coordination between welfare and labor policies were promoted. This study also demonstrates that the trend of reorganization of welfare states, which has converged on universalization of benefits, is common in the region, and is not determined by political factors such as the degree of democracy and partisanship.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ラテンアメリカにおける福祉再編の政治経済的要因を包括的・実証的に分析する本研究は、政治学を中心として、学術的・政策的含意を提供することが期待される。まず、福祉再編の比較政治学、比較政治経済学研究は、先進国の事例を扱った研究蓄積は豊富であるが、新興民主主義諸国についての研究は少ない。本研究の成果は、他の新興国の分析に、有益な知見を提供することが予想される。また、所得格差の縮小と貧困削減は、国際援助機関や途上国政府が積極的に取り組んでいる課題であり、その根本的解決に向けてどのような福祉再編が望まれるのか、本研究はその諸条件を示すことができる。このように、本研究の学術的・社会的意義は大きいといえる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 大規模自然災害と体制移行:統合制御法(the synthetic control method)によるメキシコ1985年大地震の事例分析2017

    • Author(s)
      高橋百合子
    • Journal Title

      政治学分析のフロンティア

      Volume: 2017-II Pages: 149-172

    • NAID

      130007961906

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Poverty, Clientelism and Democratic Accountability in Mexico2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      WINPEC Working Paper Series

      Volume: No.E1620 Pages: 1-53

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Varieties of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      WINPEC Working Paper Series

      Volume: No.E1619 Pages: 1-26

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Las democracias y las elecciones en America Latina y Asia: comparacion tentativa.2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      第6回メキシコ政治学会国際研究大会 (VI Congreso Internacinoal de Asociacion Mexicana de Ciencias Politicas (AMECIP)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Determinants of Vote-Buying in Mexico, 1988-2017.2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      第35回政治学方法論ソサイエティ年次大会(The 35th annual meeting of the Society for Political Methodology)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] De-consolidating Democracy in Latin America2018

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Workshop "The New Agendas of Economics and Politics in Latin America
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Clientelismo, Pobreza y la Reforma de Accountability en Mexico en Perspectiva Comparada2017

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Asociacion Mexicana de Ciencias Politicas
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Democracy, Accountability, and Clientelism in Mexico, 1988-20122017

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      The Midwest Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Does Democracy Dampen Clientelism? Evidence from Mexico2016

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      American Political science Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Philadelphia, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-01
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Democracy, Poverty, and Clientelism in Latin America2016

    • Author(s)
      Yuriko Takahashi
    • Organizer
      El 8o Congreso Internacional CEISAL 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Salamanca, Spain
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 21世紀のメキシコ2019

    • Author(s)
      星野妙子
    • Total Pages
      254
    • Publisher
      JETROアジア経済研究所
    • ISBN
      9784258046379
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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