Policies for the Adult Population Living on the Streets: Questions for Debate

Authors

  • Irene Serafino Universidade do Porto (UP)
  • Lila Cristina Xavier Luz Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/%25x

Abstract

This qualitative study addresses the problems and obstacles that are arise in the integral service to populations living on the street in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Based on a descriptive analysis of the operation of the assistance network, and indicating the fragile intersectoriality between the policies and the weak integration among the services of the city, which make it unviable to provide satisfactory care and concretize social rights. The main difficulties found in the care indicate a great distance between the
premises of the National Policy for the Population Living on the Street and the operation of the service network in Rio de Janeiro, highlighted by the coercive actions of the Secretariat for Public Order.

Author Biographies

Irene Serafino, Universidade do Porto (UP)

Mestre em Políticas Sociais e Serviço Social pela Universidade de Bolonha (UNIBO)
Doutoranda em Sociologia na Universidade do Porto (UP) com bolsa de estudo SFRH/BD/100168/2014, pela
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
Investigadora integrada do Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto (ISUP)

Lila Cristina Xavier Luz, Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI)

Doutora em Serviço Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), Pós-doutoranda em
Sociologia na Universidade Nacional Autônoma do México (UNAM)
Professora do curso de Serviço Social e do Mestrado em Sociologia da Universidade Federal do Paiuí (UFPI)

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Published

2015-11-30

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2015): Estado e política social na América Latina: Assistência Social

Section

Thematic space

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