Desigualdad, desarrollo e inserción internacional. Una mirada crítica sobre “la década social” y el “ciclo progresista” en América Latina

Abstract

The following article aims to develop an analytical hypothesis concern-ing the recent cycle of “progressive governments” in Latin America, which posits that the consistency of the redistributive policies implemented during the “social decade” (2004-2014) was jeopardized due to the weakness of the development projects implemented in those periods, particularly stemming from the lack of an alternative for economic growth to the “commodities boom,” as well as the failure to develop a strategy for international inser-tion which could have allowed other kinds of transformative policies. The present analysis thus aims to stress the importance of three key factors in every project of change for Latin America, which are often analysed in a compartmentalized manner: the depth of the redistribution policies, the de-velopment project with its pattern of economic growth, and the respective strategies of international insertion.