Credits, Social Policies and Consumption In Buenos Aires City
Florencia Chahbenderian
Abstract:At the turn of the twenty-first century, social policies became one of the fundamental instruments on which the current capital accumulation regime is based, given their massive nature and global character. So-called conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) were a milestone in this direction. The objective of this article is to study the consumption practices – the what and how – that CCTs impose on their recipients and the latter’s relationship with credit in Buenos Aires City. The qualitative methodology is… Show more
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