The Power Struggles over the Post-neoliberal Social Security System Reforms in Venezuela and Ecuador
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Beschreibung
This book carries out a comparative analysis of the power struggles over the post-neoliberal social security reforms in Venezuela and Ecuador. The research breaks down why the social security system reform initiated by Hugo Chávez’ government in Venezuela has come down since its passing in 2002, whereas the social security system reform initiated by Rafael Correa’s government in Ecuador has come along in spite of the obstacles since 2007. All in all, the analysis determined that the struggles over the social security system reforms in both countries remarkably corresponded to each other with regard to their structural conditions, points of contention, and contending actors. In contrast, the analysis established substantial divergences regarding the ways in which the struggles over both reforms came about, due to the divergent development of the struggles for hegemony between government and opposition. These divergences finally brought about the indefinite stagnation of the reform in Venezuela and the advancement of subsequent partial reforms aimed at the universalization of social security in Ecuador.
Timely book and insightful to the political crisis in Venezuela and recent presidential elections in Ecuador Provides empirical data substantiating its conclusions Provides an outlook of the strengths and weaknesses of the Latin American left-wing governments including their struggles and contradictions
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Ezequiel Luis Bistoletti
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Latin American Politics Power Struggles Venezuela Ecuador Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) Social Security Reforms in Ecuador Social Security Reforms in Venezuela Venezuelan Social Security Institute (IVSS) Neoliberal Reforms Pensions and Healthcare Reform Political Struggles Over Social Reform