“…It is permeated by conflicts among multiple actors with different perspectives and power resources, primarily constrained by social and institutional contexts and the political debate (Marques, 1997). Either to ensure the production and reproduction of the workforce (Poulantzas, 1980;Lojkine, 1997;Castells, 1972), as a result of social conflicts and institutional arrangements (Skocpol, 1985;Hall & Taylor, 1996) or due to the pressure of social movements (Sader, 1988), the state may be pushed to prioritize peripheral or low-income areas, where there are higher concentrations of low-income populations or the ones that are more dependent on public services. Also, in contexts of high inequality, upper classes may opt out of public services by choosing self-finance private alternatives that can be perceived as of better quality (Motiram & Nugent, 2007).…”