Social Protection in Rural Areas

Abstract

This article intends to offer a new approach to the social effects caused by agrarian subsidies in rural areas, taking as example the case of Southern Spain and the Rural Employment Plan effects, as those measures have tried to solve the current inter-regional imbalances with regard to income and welfare, having different impacts on the population of this area. Also, we intend to explore the reason why the agrarian subsidy has not reached the expected success and, specially, how social actors have organised its life around these policies halfway through employment and assistance.