Gasto social no Brasil: programas de transferência de renda versus investimento social

Abstract

Abstract

Entangled Inequalities, State, and Social Policies in Contemporary Brazil

“…Accordingly, welfare states able to offer good public educational, health or transportation services enormously contribute to reducing the impact of (existing) socio-economic inequalities on (existing) living conditions (Kreckel 2004;Therborn 2013). In contrast, states which concentrate their social policies on cash transfers to the poor make only a small contribution to the reduction of disparities in living conditions (Lavinas 2013).…”

“…Accordingly, social policies based on cash transfers have a crucial impact on poverty reduction, but they are seen to be less effective for promoting redistribution (Gaulard 2011;Lavinas 2013;Lustig et al 2013). Analysts also question the sustainability of the decrease in inequalities in Brazil given the current adverse confluence of modest (or even negative) economic growth, "premature" deindustrialisation, a "reprimarisation" of exports, and falling commodity prices.…”

“…6 in this book). Nevertheless, Bolsa Família has a negligible relevance for mitigating income inequality: Bolsa Família and other cash transfer measures merely respond to 1 per cent of the Gini coefficient composition (according to Medeiros and de Souza 2013; see also Lavinas 2007Lavinas , 2013.…”

“…Notwithstanding, some particular groupsespecially women and Afro-descendants-have been empowered insofar as their claims have been inserted on a large scale into the political agenda, being addressed by compensatory policies. However, these political gains are tenuous, since they were institutionalised not as rights granted by solid welfare institutions but as benefits within transitory social programmes (Lavinas 2013). Drawing on the vocabulary Chatterjee (2004) applies to analyse Indian politics, we can state that in the framework of the social programmes introduced by PT administrations, beneficiaries represent target populations, which have entitlements, but not full citizens with unnegotiable rights.…”

Avaliação De Desempenho De Governos Municipais Brasileiros Na Execução Orçamentária Da Despesa Por Funções Sociais De Governo (2002-2014)

“…Para Lavinas (2007), as funções assistência social e previdência social são gastos sociais do governo federal e as funções: assistência social; saúde; educação; direitos da cidadania; urbanismo; habitação; saneamento e gestão ambiental como gastos sociais dos governos municipais.…”