Natália G.D. Sátyro is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her research interests include welfare policy, income inequality, and political institutions.Analía Minteguiaga is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her research examines welfare regimes, social protection systems, socio-labor policies and dynamics of (in)equality in Latin America.

• 1. Introduction: family policies in Latin America in perspective.- Part I: Problematizing family and familialism.- 2. The debate on family policies in Latin America: advances and setbacks.- 3. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships- 4. “(Un)making a family”: what family are we talking about?.- Part II: Family policy in a global context: what sets Latin America apart?.- 5. The debate on family policies in a European context: what sets us apart?.- 6. A diagnosis of the labor market in Latin America.- 7. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships.- Part III: National cases in comparative perspective.- 8. Transnational social protection: a view from Ecuador and Argentina.- 9. Family policies in Brazil since re-democratization.- 10. Family policies in Mexico: between familiialism and the caring right.- 11. Familypolicies in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay: innovation during the early 2000s.- 12. Family policies in Colombia and Peru.- 13. Family policies in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.- 14. "De facto" family policies and exception regimes in Central America: the case of El Salvador.- 15. Family arrangements, social protection and the state: the case of Brazil.- 16. Conclusions: combating poverty vs supporting the emancipation of individuals.

Natália G.D. Sátyro is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her research interests include welfare policy, income inequality, and political institutions.Analía Minteguiaga is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her research examines welfare regimes, social protection systems, socio-labor policies and dynamics of (in)equality in Latin America.

• 1. Introduction: family policies in Latin America in perspective.- Part I: Problematizing family and familialism.- 2. The debate on family policies in Latin America: advances and setbacks.- 3. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships- 4. “(Un)making a family”: what family are we talking about?.- Part II: Family policy in a global context: what sets Latin America apart?.- 5. The debate on family policies in a European context: what sets us apart?.- 6. A diagnosis of the labor market in Latin America.- 7. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships.- Part III: National cases in comparative perspective.- 8. Transnational social protection: a view from Ecuador and Argentina.- 9. Family policies in Brazil since re-democratization.- 10. Family policies in Mexico: between familiialism and the caring right.- 11. Familypolicies in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay: innovation during the early 2000s.- 12. Family policies in Colombia and Peru.- 13. Family policies in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.- 14. "De facto" family policies and exception regimes in Central America: the case of El Salvador.- 15. Family arrangements, social protection and the state: the case of Brazil.- 16. Conclusions: combating poverty vs supporting the emancipation of individuals.

Natália G.D. Sátyro is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her research interests include welfare policy, income inequality, and political institutions.Analía Minteguiaga is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her research examines welfare regimes, social protection systems, socio-labor policies and dynamics of (in)equality in Latin America.

• 1. Introduction: family policies in Latin America in perspective.- Part I: Problematizing family and familialism.- 2. The debate on family policies in Latin America: advances and setbacks.- 3. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships- 4. “(Un)making a family”: what family are we talking about?.- Part II: Family policy in a global context: what sets Latin America apart?.- 5. The debate on family policies in a European context: what sets us apart?.- 6. A diagnosis of the labor market in Latin America.- 7. Care and its implications for social protection and family relationships.- Part III: National cases in comparative perspective.- 8. Transnational social protection: a view from Ecuador and Argentina.- 9. Family policies in Brazil since re-democratization.- 10. Family policies in Mexico: between familiialism and the caring right.- 11. Familypolicies in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay: innovation during the early 2000s.- 12. Family policies in Colombia and Peru.- 13. Family policies in Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.- 14. "De facto" family policies and exception regimes in Central America: the case of El Salvador.- 15. Family arrangements, social protection and the state: the case of Brazil.- 16. Conclusions: combating poverty vs supporting the emancipation of individuals.