A conjuntura social brasileira revisitada

Figueiredo, Argelina Cheibub; Torres, Haroldo da Gama; Bichir, Renata Mirandola

doi:10.1590/s0101-33002006000200012

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“…Confirming the results of earlier studies on access to public services and policy benefits in São Paulo (Figueiredo, Torres, and Bichir 2006), and contrary to what is asserted in the vast literature on political clientelism, there was no evidence of intermediation, whether personal, political, or any other form, associated with relations of electoral reciprocity in obtaining public services and policy benefits. This tendency is connected with the universalization of access to the most basic public services and policy benefits in recent Brazilian history since the return to democracy (ibid.).…”

Section: More Immediate Low-cost Forms Of Help That Require Low-trussupporting

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How Do Social Networks Matter in Reducing the Effects of Poverty?

Marques

2011

International Journal of Sociology

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This article discusses the role of social networks and sociability in poor people's access to goods and services obtained from outside the markets. The article uses qualitative information from research into social networks of poor individuals living in segregated places in São Paulo. The results show the importance of networks and suggest that the help mediating such access depends upon the types of ties and trust involved as well as the cost of providing the help. The observed processes tend to reiterate inequalities, establishing circularities of poverty reproduction.This article presents the results of a recent study on the social networks of poor individuals living in segregated areas of São Paulo, Brazil. Social networks are analytical representations of contexts and relationship patterns that surround a given social situation. In the case of this study, the patterns in question are those related to the everyday sociability of individuals. The original study addressed the social networks of 209 residents from seven underprivileged neighborhoods of São Paulo, with varying conditions of segregation, and a control group of 30 middle-class individuals. The aim was to investigate, through qualitative and quantitative analysis, the characteristics and variability of these social networks and their effects upon urban poverty. Social network effects can mediate access to goods obtained from the markets (Marques 2008), and also to goods and services obtained through help and social exchange extraneous to the logic of the markets (Marques 2010). In doing so, social networks may enhance or mitigate social and political inequalities, even among the poor.

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Section: More Immediate Low-cost Forms Of Help That Require Low-trussupporting

confidence: 63%

How Do Social Networks Matter in Reducing the Effects of Poverty?

Marques

2011

International Journal of Sociology

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“…Although further evaluation evidence is needed to assess poverty impacts in greater detail, the popular enthusiasm which has greeted the programme testifies clearly to the fact that it has boosted household incomes of those on the lowest rungs of the social ladder. In São Paulo, survey data for 2004 revealed that 19 per cent of the population had access to CCTs, which accounted for 21 per cent of household income amongst the poorest groups (Figueiredo et al, 2006). This is an especially significant contribution to people's livelihoods as urban employment is becoming increasingly informal, irregular and diversified.…”

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“…19 19 Primary data collected by CEBRAP revealed that 95 per cent of CCT beneficiaries in São Paulo came from the poorest sectors (Figueiredo et al, 2006). …”

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Brazil's Bolsa Família: A Double‐Edged Sword?

Hall¹

2008

Development and Change

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In common with most Latin American countries, as governments embrace safety nets to attack poverty, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes have become part of mainstream social policy in Brazil. Under president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2002), and especially since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2003, targeted assistance in education, health and nutrition, now united under Bolsa Família, have expanded rapidly to benefit forty‐four million (24 per cent of the total population), absorbing almost two‐fifths of the social assistance budget earmarked for the poorest sectors. Despite its operational problems, Bolsa Família appears to have been effective in providing short‐term relief to some of the most deprived groups in Brazil. Yet it could prove to be a double‐edged sword. There is a risk that, due to its popularity among both the poor and Brazil's politicians, Bolsa Família could greatly increase patronage in the distribution of economic and social benefits and induce a strong dependence on government handouts. There are also early signs that it may be contributing to a reduction in social spending in key sectors such as education, housing and basic sanitation, possibly undermining the country's future social and economic development.

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“…A partir de informações de inquérito em domicílios mais pobres da cidade de São Paulo, Figueiredo et al 13 observaram que, em 2004, a cobertura dos programas de transferência de renda federais, estaduais ou municipais atingia 28% da população com menos de meio salário-mínimo per capita. Torres et al 14 descrevem que 63% das famílias que recebiam algum benefício de transferência de renda tinham renda familiar per capita de até meio salário-mínimo e 32% entre meio e um salário-mínimo, portanto 95% estavam na categoria dos mais pobres.…”

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Transferência de renda e segurança alimentar no Brasil: análise dos dados nacionais

Segall-Corrêa¹,

Marín-León²,

Helito³

et al. 2008

Rev. Nutr.

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O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar, na Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios 2004, a hipótese de que a participação em programas governamentais de Transferência de Renda está associada à situação de segurança alimentar no domicílio. Métodos Utilizaram-se dados secundários da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios com entrevistas em 112.716 domicílios. Incluíram-se neste trabalho os domicílios particulares permanentes e improvisados, em que as informações sobre segurança alimentar foram fornecidas por um morador, limitando-se ainda àqueles com rendimento domiciliar per capita de até um salário-mínimo, representando isto 51,2% dos domicílios da amostra. Foram elaborados três modelos de estimativas de transferência de renda com resultados semelhantes; escolheu-se o Modelo 3 por resultar em menor probabilidade de superestimar efeitos. Para estimar o efeito da transferência de renda na prevalência de segurança alimentar, foram incluídos apenas os domicílios que recebiam transferência de renda correspondendo a 14,2% do total de domicílios entrevistados. A associação entre segurança alimentar e transferência de renda, controlando por outras variáveis independentes, foi estimada mediante modelos de regressão logística, método stepwise, para cada uma das três faixas de rendimento domiciliar per capita.

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A conjuntura social brasileira revisitada

Cited by 9 publications

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How Do Social Networks Matter in Reducing the Effects of Poverty?

How Do Social Networks Matter in Reducing the Effects of Poverty?

Brazil's Bolsa Família: A Double‐Edged Sword?

Transferência de renda e segurança alimentar no Brasil: análise dos dados nacionais

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