since in latin america the actions of the state are relatively less significant than those of other agents in the production and distribution of wellbeing it would be useful to broaden the array of instruments and partnerships incorporated into socialpolicy design the state must not only ensure that all members of society can enjoy active citizenship which requires the construction and consolidation of mechanisms for social promotion and protection it must also operate as a coordinating and regulatory body for all the actors that make it possible to generate or redistribute wellbeing the state can achieve this by guiding and fostering a supply of social services which is compatible with an uneven demand structure and unequal access and by creating redistribution mechanisms that guarantee a universal minimum level of wellbeing so as to ensure the full exercise of rights and capacitybuilding