Sonia Fleury is a senior researcher from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation’s (FIOCRUZ) Center of Strategic Studies and coordinator of the Interinstitutional Study Group on Futures of Social Protection. Previously, she was a full professor at the School of Public Administration and Business at Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fleury holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master Degree in Sociology. Her research focuses on democracy, social protection, and citizenship in Latin America. She was among the top 10.000 Scientists in Latin America according to the AD Scientific Index Ltd. World Scientist and University Rankings 2021.

• Part 1. Theoretical Approaches to the Welfare State in Latin America.- Chapter 1. The Welfare State: in Search of a Latin-American Theory.- Part 2. Austerity Policies and Economic Constraints.- Chapter 2. The Institutional Construction of Post-1988 Austerity.- Part 3. Employment and Social Security.- Chapter 3. Labor Reforms and the Crisis of Democratic Corporatism.- Chapter 4. The Dismantling of Employment Policies in Brazil: Employability Without Rights.- Chapter 5. Pension System at a Crossroads: Between Frail Solidarity and Financial Appropriation.- Part 4. Networks of Social Policies Under the Aegis of De-democratization.- Chapter 6. The Universal Right to Health in Brazil: From Restricted Expansion to Dismantling.- Chapter 7. The Brazilian System for Food and Nutrition Security: Tensions, Conflicts, and Paradoxes.- Chapter 8. Advancing Toward the Past: the Dismantling of the Unified Social Assistance System.- Chapter 9. Authoritarian Populism, De-democratization and Social Policy Dismantling: Lessons from Brazil.

Sonia Fleury is a senior researcher from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation’s (FIOCRUZ) Center of Strategic Studies and coordinator of the Interinstitutional Study Group on Futures of Social Protection. Previously, she was a full professor at the School of Public Administration and Business at Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fleury holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master Degree in Sociology. Her research focuses on democracy, social protection, and citizenship in Latin America. She was among the top 10.000 Scientists in Latin America according to the AD Scientific Index Ltd. World Scientist and University Rankings 2021.

• Part 1. Theoretical Approaches to the Welfare State in Latin America.- Chapter 1. The Welfare State: in Search of a Latin-American Theory.- Part 2. Austerity Policies and Economic Constraints.- Chapter 2. The Institutional Construction of Post-1988 Austerity.- Part 3. Employment and Social Security.- Chapter 3. Labor Reforms and the Crisis of Democratic Corporatism.- Chapter 4. The Dismantling of Employment Policies in Brazil: Employability Without Rights.- Chapter 5. Pension System at a Crossroads: Between Frail Solidarity and Financial Appropriation.- Part 4. Networks of Social Policies Under the Aegis of De-democratization.- Chapter 6. The Universal Right to Health in Brazil: From Restricted Expansion to Dismantling.- Chapter 7. The Brazilian System for Food and Nutrition Security: Tensions, Conflicts, and Paradoxes.- Chapter 8. Advancing Toward the Past: the Dismantling of the Unified Social Assistance System.- Chapter 9. Authoritarian Populism, De-democratization and Social Policy Dismantling: Lessons from Brazil.

Sonia Fleury is a senior researcher from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation’s (FIOCRUZ) Center of Strategic Studies and coordinator of the Interinstitutional Study Group on Futures of Social Protection. Previously, she was a full professor at the School of Public Administration and Business at Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fleury holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master Degree in Sociology. Her research focuses on democracy, social protection, and citizenship in Latin America. She was among the top 10.000 Scientists in Latin America according to the AD Scientific Index Ltd. World Scientist and University Rankings 2021.

• Part 1. Theoretical Approaches to the Welfare State in Latin America.- Chapter 1. The Welfare State: in Search of a Latin-American Theory.- Part 2. Austerity Policies and Economic Constraints.- Chapter 2. The Institutional Construction of Post-1988 Austerity.- Part 3. Employment and Social Security.- Chapter 3. Labor Reforms and the Crisis of Democratic Corporatism.- Chapter 4. The Dismantling of Employment Policies in Brazil: Employability Without Rights.- Chapter 5. Pension System at a Crossroads: Between Frail Solidarity and Financial Appropriation.- Part 4. Networks of Social Policies Under the Aegis of De-democratization.- Chapter 6. The Universal Right to Health in Brazil: From Restricted Expansion to Dismantling.- Chapter 7. The Brazilian System for Food and Nutrition Security: Tensions, Conflicts, and Paradoxes.- Chapter 8. Advancing Toward the Past: the Dismantling of the Unified Social Assistance System.- Chapter 9. Authoritarian Populism, De-democratization and Social Policy Dismantling: Lessons from Brazil.