Social policies and emotions in Latin America: A theoretical approach to their analysis

Abstract

Millions of subjects living in the Global-South receive benefits from social policies that play a central role in the reproduction of the regime of accumulation. This work critically reflects on the potential links among social policies, world images, and policies of emotions. In doing so, the following argumentative path is followed: first, we provide a schematic presentation of the link between the regime of accumulation and social policies; second, we briefly introduce the concepts of world images and the politics of emotions; third, we continue by establishing the relationships between the points exposed in the previous sections; finally, we delineate some consequences of the analysis. To conclude, we argue for the need for critically analysis of the constituents of the social policies that 'give shape' to the sociability, life experiences, and sensibilities of millions of 'aided' people and their recursive validation processes.

Intervenciones estatales y COVID-19

“…Las intervenciones estatales bajo la modalidad de políticas públicas en el contexto de pandemia, no son ajenas a este marco general. Puesto que cada una de las intervenciones implementadas por los Estados en el contexto aludido han establecido determinados modos de abordar las situaciones, que han condensado ciertas imágenes del mundo en relación con la problemática (Scribano et al, 2015). Esto es, particulares esquemas de clasificación y división de la realidad, que inscriptos en los diseños, ejecución y evaluación de las políticas públicas han ofrecido una -y no otra-lectura de la problemática.…”

Social Policies and Sensitivities Management: An Approach From the Sociology of the Body/Emotions

“…This is the terrain where they are distinctly connected with the policies of the bodies and the emotions [32,[34][35][36][37].…”

“…This is one of the many ways in which such plans express and, at the same time, constitute a policy of and about the body [36].…”

Fortunate and fearful: emotions evoked by home-care policies for older people in Ireland

“…Much of this research is framed in terms of perceived deservingness (or lack thereof) of different groups of beneficiaries (van Oorschot, 2006). Little attention has been paid, for example, to how social policies trigger emotions in the people who are the subject of such policies (Holmes, 2004;Scribano et al, 2015). This is important, because while emotions are intrinsically linked to social and cultural processes (Hochschild, 1979;Gross and Barrett, 2011) they are also integral elements in relations of power and government (Burkitt, 2005).…”