Cuando la desigualdad y la pobreza pasaron a ser problemas de la gerencia social. Notas sobre el caso de los think thanks en los noventa.

Abstract

This article problematizes the orientation and characteristics of the sources of knowledge and the advice provided for the design of social programs and the treatment of poverty that were carried out as part of technical cooperation for development in the nineties. The analysis focuses on the role of the institutional devices that act around technological and social linking processes with the vocation of influencing the public agenda (think tanks), particularly those associated with the academic field enrolled in the field of social policies and the development.