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- Title
The Rise of Social Assistance in Brazil.
- Authors
Barrientos, Armando
- Abstract
The rise of social assistance in Brazil has been remarkable. The 1988 Constitution signalled a renewed 'social contract' leading to citizenship-based social assistance providing guaranteed income to older and disabled people in poverty. Municipal activism in the 1990s extended the provision of direct transfers to all households in poverty through Bolsa Escola and other programmes later consolidated into Bolsa Família. This article studies the origins and evolution of social assistance institutions in Brazil, paying due attention to the role of ideas and politics.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; LATIN America; SOCIAL conditions in Brazil, 1985-; SOCIAL services -- History; BOLSA Familia (Program); PENSIONS; PUBLIC welfare; SOCIAL security; POVERTY reduction; POVERTY; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Development & Change, 2013, Vol 44, Issue 4, p887
- ISSN
0012-155X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dech.12043