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17/Nov/2020
Márcia Miranda Soares
, José Angelo Machado
DOI: 10.1590/1981-3821202000030003
This article analyzes the relationship between federative institutions and social policies in the new constitutional order in Argentina and Brazil. It draws on literature and data to describe two characteristics of federalism in both countries and relate this with the equitable advancement of policies such as education, health, and social assistance: jurisdictional centralization, which refers to the capacity of the central government to produce legislation about policy design; and fiscal federalism, concerned with the definition of revenues and social expenditure […]
Keywords: Argentina; Brazil; equality; federalism; social policies