Os planos de governo no Brasil pós-redemocratização: a permanência da lógica embrionária do “combate” à pobreza

Abstract

This thesis sets out to develop an analysis of whether the logic of the embryonic proposals to “combat” poverty is the same as that which appears in the proposals to “combat” poverty in the government plans of post-redemocratization Brazil. It also seeks to clarify the category of poverty with which it works, its importance in contemporary society and other relevant aspects. To this end, it carries out theoretical and documentary research to investigate the proposed objective. The research addresses poverty, its deepening in capitalist development and the hegemonic concept of the category in contemporary society, considering the liberal and neoliberal traditions, the role of the state and the internationalisation of the “combat” against poverty. It then looks at Brazil's socio-historical background and briefly surveys initiatives to ‘combat’ poverty from the Old Republic to the Bolsonaro government. Finally, it analyses the government plans in post- redemocratization Brazil, from Sarney to Bolsonaro, checking the approach to poverty in these plans, in order to understand the importance it occupies and the underlying logic in the proposals to “combat” poverty presented. The final objective is to assess whether the logic is the same as in the embryonic proposals, checking whether it remains the same despite the temporal and historical particularities that separate them.