Neo-liberalism filtered: The experience of CCTs in South America

Dolowitz, David ORCID: 0000-0002-3469-2362 and Osorio Gonnet, Cecilia (2026) Neo-liberalism filtered: The experience of CCTs in South America Latin American Perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism. ISSN 0094-582X, 1552-678X

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Abstract

Much has been written about the rise and spread of conditional cash transfer (CCTs) programs throughout South and Central America. This literature has added a great deal to our understanding of how social policy spreads and is changing across the Global South. However, it can be improved by linking it to the ideological interests and paradigms involved in transforming the ways in which the state interacts with the social sphere occupied by CCT recipients. The authors will use this article to do this, illustrating how the global neoliberal economic order has been spread into the social sphere through conditional cash transfers in Latin America, which has led to a repositioning of citizenship amongst the least well-off individuals and families. Se ha escrito mucho sobre el surgimiento y la difusión de los programas de transferencia condicionada (PTCs) en América del Sur y Central, lo cual ha aportado a la comprensión de cómo este programa social se propagó y modificó en todo el Sur Global. Sin embargo, es posible enriquecer esta discusión al vincularla con los intereses ideológicos y los paradigmas involucrados en la transformación de las formas en que el Estado interactúa con la esfera social ocupada por los beneficiarios de los PTCs. Los autores reflexionan al respecto en este artículo, ilustrando cómo el orden económico neoliberal global se ha difundido en la esfera social a través de las transferencias condicionadas en América Latina, lo que ha llevado a un reposicionamiento de la ciudadanía entre los individuos y familias en situación de pobreza.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2025 09:51
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2026 17:38
DOI:	10.1177/0094582x251405245
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3194756
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