Abstract

COSTA, María Ignacia  and  HINTZE, Susana. Social security at territorial level: The case of the Province of Neuquen. Trab. soc. [online]. 2017, n.29, pp.469-491. ISSN 1514-6871.

Two systems of Social Security converge in the Province of Neuquen, Argentina: the national one (provided by ANSES, Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social) and the provincial system, headed by the Instituto de Seguridad Social del Neuquen (ISSN). Although other provincial states that have not transferred their pension systems to National Government have similar structures, this case is special because ISSN includes different social services and other policies like social tourism, health attention, etc. Also in the case of family allowances, the national system coexists with the provincial one. The aim of this article is to reconstruct and to analyse comparatively the protections and the implementation conditions of two following sub-systems of the social security system: the pensions system (national and provincial) and the Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social (AUH) in the Province of Neuquen. The functional dimension of the implementation regime (area of influence, reference population, networks or institutional linkages and quality of protection provided in each jurisdiction) and the political one (relationship between jurisdictional levels) will be specifically studied and analysed. With regard to the AUH, the hypothesis that guides the work recognizes certain degree of autonomy in the management of local government officials to implement policies within the margins that provide highly standardized formats. We systematize an extensive qualitative fieldwork comprising interviews and observations made in the six towns of the province which are units of ANSES and ISSN delegations.

Keywords : Social security; Pension system; Universal child allowances; Implementation regime; Protection capacity; Territory.

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