Social protection: along the paths of the system in neighbouring Uruguay

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to present the courses of action of the social protection system in Uruguay, since its inception until the present, for which bibliographical survey of exploratory nature was carried out. The results of the survey show that the Uruguayan protection system has followed diverse, sometimes multiple, directions, be them compensatory, solidaristic, universal, democratic, contributive, full-employment, regulatory, repressive, and even neoliberal.

Keywords:
Social protection; Uruguay; Social policies