Estado Capitalista brasileiro: análise dos direitos sociais em tempos de ortodoxia neoliberal

Patrícia Soraya Mustafa

doi:10.1590/1982-02592019v22n1p100

The Brazilian capitalist state: Analysis of social rights in times of neoliberal orthodoxy

Authors

Patrícia Soraya Mustafa Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Franca, São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-1501

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-02592019v22n1p100

Abstract

This article is based on theoretical and documentary research and aims to analyze the document Uma Ponte para o Futuro [A bridge to the future], as well as the measures carried out by the (illegitimate) Brazilian government headed by the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) in the period 2016-2018. Among the measures analyzed are the labor counterreform, the Constitutional Amendments (EC) 93 and 95, and the bill proposing a social security counterreform. The article emphasizes the impact of such measures on the working class. The study is based on the understanding of the capitalist state as ontologically subordinated to the interests of capital, which is expressed in the characteristics of the policies adopted and proposed by the MDB’s government in Brazil. When analyzing the scope of the economic and social policy of the period, the article makes clear who is penalized with the measures put forward by the government.

Author Biography

Patrícia Soraya Mustafa, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Franca, São Paulo

Doctor of Social Work from Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP). Professor at the Department of Social Work of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP).

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Published

2019-04-25

Issue

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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