748 The politics of welfare policy in Latin America

Saturday, August 4, 2012: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
APT 210 (Faculty of Economics)

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (host committee)

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Session Organizers:
Camila ARZA, Latin American School of Social Sciences, Argentina and Daniel BELAND, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Chair:
Ingrid WEHR, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute/University of Freiburg, Germany
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Guillermo FUENTES, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Uruguay; Martín RODRÍGUEZ ARAÚJO, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Uruguay

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Anahely MEDRANO, El Colegio Mexiquense, A.C., Mexico

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Barbara ZARATE, Oxford University, United Kingdom