Neoliberalism Filtered: The Experience of CCTs in South America

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 article sets out to illustrate 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.

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Latin American Perspectives
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2025-12-27
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582x251405245
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Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Neoliberalism Filtered: The Experience of CCTs in South America

David P. Dolowitz, Cecilia Osorio Gonnet
Latin American Perspectives
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Neoliberalism Filtered: The Experience of CCTs in South America

David P. Dolowitz, Cecilia Osorio Gonnet
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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 article sets out to illustrate 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.

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