Introduction

Shifting imaginaries of 'good citizens' : governing citizens in 20th century Peru

“…The programs that emerged in Latin America by the mid-century were primarily social insurance funds set up for specific sectors of formal workers (Barrientos and Santibanez 2009;Abel and Lewis 1993). Social assistance was limited, but tended to be in the form of subsidies on commodities and in some cases direct nutrition or food-based programs.…”