Emergence, expansion, and transformation of the welfare state in the Cono Sur in exchange with Southern Europe (1850-1900) (B02)

• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2018 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 374666841

The project addresses the Latin American pioneers in social policy making and focuses on health care and workmen’s protection legislation (“Arbeiterschutz”) and on the reform processes which lead to them. We describe the social policy dynamics in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay as countries of the Cono Sur sharing a similar colonial history, language, and religion. The project elucidates the role of three important actors, namely health care experts, the military, and the ILO, and we will show how the exchange of ideas with Europe and the United States has influenced the social policy development in the Cono Sur’s “South-Atlantic Crossings”.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
• Applicant Institution: Universität Bremen
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Delia González de Reufels