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Starting from considering that social policies constitute a central link between the systemic order and the world of life of the populations, the aim of this paper is to explore the emotions of women mothers who have Conditional Cash Transfers of Income in Argentina linked to the social care and the conditionalities that they entail. This will be carried out based on a qualitative strategy, based on in-depth interviews. It is concluded that the social policies under study consolidate emotions linked to self-denial, postponement, the obligation in relation to the care tasks that they suppose and demand. This series of practices, emotions and feelings of the populations receiving the social policies worked, allow us to notice the connections between waiting, postponement and moral obligation in relation to social care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the public policies aimed at old age in the period 2003-2017 in Argentina, in a context of profound transformations in the social structure of the country, and in social and social security policies. It combines the theoretical and statistical analysis on the object of study, developing legal, economic and political aspects. First, the Argentine welfare system is characterized and put in its historical context. Then, a summary of the transformations in the Argentinian social structure that motivated the pension reforms is presented, and finally, the two most important programs of the period are specifically analyzed: the "Pension Inclusion Plan" and the "Universal Pension for the Elderly". The final considerations seek to account for the social and economic impact of the changes in the pension system in the period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]