Regarding Latin American Social Policies: Social Protection Assisting Process

Abstract

This article summarizes some of the research results in relation to the current changes regarding social protection in Latin America, taking as a reference the South American case. in this regard, we start from the presupposition that the transformations stirred up by the 1970s crisis that took place within the capitalist scope, will require the implementation of changes in the State that will have an impact on social protection. Within the context of a crisis, the social issues tend to get worse exacerbated and show the alteration of its immediate manifestations; at the same time, there are changes in the social mechanisms of intervention, especially the strategies supported in welfare and punitive actions. We are aware that the changes in the intervention of the social scope are a key aspect in the development of the required conditions for capital accumulation and valorization in today’s world.