My research has focused on the design and implementation of social policy in Chile,
especially in the period 1990 - present. In the area of public administration, my
speciality is in public particpation and local development. I am currently participating
in two research projects: 1) the implementation of educational policy and 2) the
implementation and impact of public policies on indigenous communities.

Indigenous Studies

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Indigenous Movements, the State, and new indigenous identities (with Claudio J. Gonzalez Parra and James Fenelon) (2009)

Even though no part of the world is untouched by the global economy, the role...

 

Social Policy and Welfare States

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RECONFIGURATIONS OF THE CHILEAN STATE IN SOCIAL POLICY: THE EMERGENCE OF A POST-NEOLIBERAL STATE (with M. Inés Picazo), INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY ASSOCIATION RC 19 RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON POVERTY, SOCIAL POLICY (2005)

Chile is well known for the extreme Neoliberal policies applied during the military government, and...