Assistência social brasileira no contexto neoliberal : algumas considerações a partir de dados do censo SUPS 2014

Abstract

The present study aimed to discuss the social assistance policy in Brazil in the neoliberal context as a way of addressing the "social issue". Through bibliographic research and the accomplishment of a bibliographical review, social assistance policy was placed as a way of confronting the "social question" under capitalism and its configurations with neoliberalism as the state assumes a new profile. In order to achieve the objectives of this research, the data of the SUAS Census was analyzed, which led us to understand that the financing from 2004 to 2014, although having reached annual increases, did not impact on the quality of services and equipment, since most of the resources was earmarked for income transfer programs. With regard to the social assistance workers, the majority have low levels of schooling and their employment relationships are precarious.