Free Trade and Social Citizenship

Abrahamson, Peter

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“…In this process, UNASUR's Health Council contributed to a broader regional understanding of health diplomacy and to what Herrero (2014) calls the 'unasurization' of health policies (i.e., the process of building a new health framework in South America). Abrahamson (2007) questions if signing free trade agreements might have spillover effects in social citizens rights of the underdeveloped side of the treaty. The author examines the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and argues that "there are tangible effects on social citizenship, in particular, relating to labour rights that can be credited to the signing of the agreement" (2007, p. 339).…”

Section: What Do We Know About the Role Of (F)actors Shaping Social Protection Development And Inclusion?mentioning

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Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America

Cruz‐Martínez¹

2019

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This is the introductory chapter of the book Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America. The purpose of the book is threefold: (i) to present a historical and theoretical analysis of social protection systems and welfare regimes in contemporary Latin America; (ii) to discuss the politics of contemporary social protection and how national/global actors and institutions shape social policy in the region; and (iii) to examine several debates on social protection and welfare systems in contemporary Latin America. The chapter presents state-of-the-art research in the areas of social policy and welfare that is examined in each of the three parts of the book. What do we know about welfare regimes in Latin America? What do we know about the role of (f)actors shaping social protection development and inclusion? What do we know about recent debates regarding social protection and welfare in Latin America? Particular attention is paid to the contribution made by chapters in this edited volume to the social policy literature. The chapter finishes with a description of the content and results of each chapter in this edited volume.

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Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America

Cruz‐Martínez¹

2019

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Trade at the margin: Estimating the economic implications of preferential trade agreements

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In particular, we analyze whether trade liberalization leads to increased trade flows because either firms trade more volume in products they have already traded before (intensive margin) or because they start to trade products they have not traded previously (extensive margin), or both. We test these arguments for the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and exporting firms based in Costa Rica for the timeperiod 2008-2014. The results of our study suggest that the effects of CAFTA-DR depend not only on whether we analyze the extensive versus the intensive margin of trade but also whether the product in question is homogenous or differentiated and whether the exporting firm under analysis is small or large. In particular, we find support for the theoretical expectation that firms exporting heterogeneous products, Rev Int Organ (2018) 13:189-242 https://doi

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Professionalization and Probity in a Patrimonial State: Labor Inspectors in the Dominican Republic

Schrank¹

2009

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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Are international labor rights campaigns making a difference in Latin America? This article reveals that Dominican policymakers and bureaucrats are responding to foreign pressure by redoubling their commitment to a distinctively Franco-Iberian model of labor law enforcement, in which skilled labor inspectors use their discretion to balance society's demand for protection with the economy's need for efficiency. In so doing, they provide an alternative to traditional collective bargaining practices-which at least partly decouples both the intensity of the enforcement effort and the degree of worker protection from the level of unionization-and an example for the rest of the region. The article therefore concludes by reconsidering the Central American experience in light of the Dominican findings and discussing their joint implications for our understanding of administrative reform, industrial relations, and globalization, not only in the so-called CAFTA countries but in Latin America more generally.

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Free Trade and Social Citizenship

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America

Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America

Trade at the margin: Estimating the economic implications of preferential trade agreements

Professionalization and Probity in a Patrimonial State: Labor Inspectors in the Dominican Republic

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