Agenda social em transformação : atores, instituições e o estado de bem-estar no Brasil contemporâneo

Abstract

The present work has as a goal to draw a picture of the conditions under which developed the process of construction and transformation of social politics that shape the welfare state in contemporary Brazil, with emphasis on partnership politics to fight poverty that were developed since the nineties. To do so, it seeks three purposes: to present a perspective of analysis of conditions that affect the shape of social politics in its origin and evolution, show a summary of the construction of social protection in Brazil and, finally, Further analysis of the social program of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso emphasizing his strategy of partnership with the society and the market, which requires a closer look of the institution responsible for this, called the “Community Solidarity Program”.