Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee

From Cash Transfers to Rights

By: Ruben Lo Vuolo (Editor)

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Hardcover | 8 January 2013 | Edition Number 1

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This bookÿdescribes the Basic Income (BI) proposal as a model to reform policies of income transfers in Latin America. BI aims at guaranteeing a universal and unconditional income to everyone. Entitlement to BI is decoupled from labor status and questions the welfare state based on the insurance/assistance benefits model, where paid-work continues to play a central role.ÿ Latin America is one of the regions where the debate on BI is advanced, but the scenario is quite different than in the developed countries. Lo Vuolo discusses BI foundations under this particular scenario and advance possible ways to reform current policies following the guidelines of the BI proposal. A unique study, it covers many topics and many countries, looking back at both the genesis and support of current focalized and conditional programs and forward (using theoretical and empirical investigation) to see how and whether the BI proposal can be adapted for use in the region.

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"This is an outstanding collection of essays making a compelling case for the desirability and viability of a citizens' income, while at the same time identifying the formidable political obstacles to the implementation of such a policy. The authors contribute insights from different country experiences into the steps necessary to transition from the prevalent model of conditional cash transfers to a rights-based universalistic basic income scheme. Citizen's Income and Welfare Regimes in Latin America is a must read for scholars, students, and citizens concerned with policy to reduce poverty and inequality." - Evelyn Huber, Morehead Alumni Professor of Political Science and chair of the Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Citizen's Income and Cash Transfers
Brazil: The Lost Road to Citizen's Income	p. 29
The Argentine "Universal Child Allowance": Not the Poor but the Unemployed and Informal Workers	p. 51
Targeting and Conditionalities in Mexico: The End of a Cash Transfer Model?	p. 67
Basic Pensions in Latin America: Toward a Rights-Based Policy?	p. 87
A Regional Citizen's Income to Reduce Poverty in Central America	p. 113
Citizen's Income and the Latin American Public Agenda
Are Latin Americans-Brazilians in Particular-Willing to Support an Unconditional Citizen's Income?	p. 141
The Politics of Citizen's Income Programs in Latin America: Policy Legacies and Party Character	p. 169
Should Citizen's Income Become a Goal for Feminism in Latin America?	p. 187
Citizen's Income and Democratization in Latin America-A Multi-Institutional Perspective	p. 211
Citizen's Income and the Material Basis of the Constitution	p. 233
Epilogue	p. 259
Notes on Contributors	p. 267
Index	p. 269
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