In the event of the breakdown of the original family, institutional care has for many decades been the preferred alternative to family substitute care or aid to the original family. The origins of this practice can be traced to the 1950s, when foster families were cancelled by the communist...

El presente estudio pretende aportar, de manera prospectiva, nuevos enfoques al debate y formulación de políticas de cuidados en la ciudad de Bogotá, para la atención de los grupos poblacionales con dependencia de quienes proveen los cuidados, a fin de propiciar la autonomía económica de...

Changes in the nature of work and the family, the growing elderly population, and other developments over the past fifty years have rendered existing welfare policies largely out-of-step with economic and social conditions. While welfare state reform clearly raises important questions about...