Conditional cash transfer programs and the representations of poverty in Bolivia and Peru

Bolivia and Peru adopted the same instruments of social policy —conditional cash transfer programs— to solve the same public problems under different political regimes. By means of the qualitative methodology of discourse analysis, this paper studies the representations of poverty and State made by key actors of those social programs. Underlying more differences than similarities, one demonstrates that the same social policy is linked to opposite social representations of poverty and the State role in every country. The main explanation for this is, far from being imposed by international organizations, those programs are adopted and adapted by each political regime.

Génesis de la Revolución de los Pingüinos y su incidencia en la reforma educativa en Chile

La presente monografía hace un análisis del movimiento estudiantil denominado Revolución de los Pingüinos y su incidencia en la reforma educativa en Chile. Éste trabajo pretende mostrar cómo a partir de la teoría de la acción política No violenta de Gene Sharp y la Estructura de Oportunidades Políticas de Sydney Tarrow, dicho movimiento logra generar un ambiente favorable para la inclusión de una educación de calidad en la agenda de Gobierno de Michelle Bachelet.