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SUMMARY:Social debtfare policies. The financialization of welfare policy i
 n Argentina - Dr Tomás Nougués (Postdoctoral Fellow at Universidad Nacio
 nal de San Martín &amp\; National Council of Scientific Research\, Argent
 ina)
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CONTACT:Dr Laszlo Cseke
DESCRIPTION:This book explores the transformation of Argentina’s welfare
  policies between 1983 and 2019\, tracing the deepening connections betwee
 n social policy\, financial markets\, and household economies. It identifi
 es three distinct phases in the financialization of welfare\, showing how 
 financial logic\, instruments\, and debt relations have gradually reshaped
  both policy design and the everyday lives of welfare beneficiaries.\n\nIn
 troducing the concept of social debtfare policies\, the book reveals how f
 inancial tools – especially credit– have come to function as mechanism
 s for addressing social needs. It argues that the adoption of credit as a 
 policy tool establishes a debt relation between the state\, position as a 
 creditor\, and welfare users\, who become debtors. This shift reverses the
  classic logic of social protection: rather than citizens holding rights a
 s creditors of the state\, welfare users increasingly become debtors to it
 .\n\nBy uncovering this financialisation process\, the book illuminates ho
 w the Argentinean state adopted financial expertise\, narratives\, practic
 es and instruments to administrate growing social conflicts and distributi
 ve struggle.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography
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