Brazilian social protection system as an instrument to fight poverty

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02592019v22n1p57

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of social protection systems (SPS) as tools to fight poverty and social exclusion. After a brief review of the history of these systems worldwide, the article presents the evolution of SPS in Brazil, highlighting the fact that the system has always been incomplete, particularly after the economic crisis of the 1980s and the neoliberal ideology guiding the policies during the 1990s. The study shows that the policies recently approved in President Michel Temer’s government represent a setback regarding the improvements in social protection in the country and the future of the nation.

Author Biography

Lauro Francisco Mattei, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

Doctor of Economics from Institute of Economics of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Full Professor at the Department of Economics and International Relations and the Graduate Program in Administration of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

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2019-04-25

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019): Social protection in contemporary capitalism: counter-reforms and regression of social rights

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Thematic space

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