A estratégia paulistana de inclusão social como caso de política de garantia de renda

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2007

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Amid the great debate on the future of social protection systems in different countries of the planet at the beginning of this century, much is discussed about the public programs of income transfer. This relatively new sort of policy (some proposals of Minimum Income have existed for some time but they have been considered seriously for just a few years) has been defended at present time by sectors of different ideological conceptions as a possible measure to solve the deadlock over the future of social welfare and social policies. The so-called right-wing defends the adoption of this kind of policy as a compensation residual measure in face of market competition. The left-wing thinkers defend the adoption of financial transfer as part of a wider inclusion policy or even as the beginning of surpassing of the capitalist society. Besides these stated points of view, there is a myriad of other opinions that will be covered in this dissertation. By means of extensive bibliographical revision, the kinds of Income Guarantee Programs are discussed, as well as the intellectual debate and the experiments effectively implemented. I, then, introduce a specific type of income guarantee policy that was in effect during Marta Suplicys term (2001-2004), the Estratégia Paulistana de Inclusão Social (EPIS). Next, this text gets to the conclusion that it is not only a question of redistributing program but also a program that aims for the emancipation of its beneficiaries both economically and socially vis-à-vis the State; elimination of social exclusion and not just the creation of a salary of exclusion that would coincide with the terrible life conditions. The paper concludes that the various dimensions in which the EPIS interferes happen in the sense of trying to autonomize the ways of the different beneficiaries, businesses, and communities by facing the current macroeconomical context of retraction of economic activity, unemployment, and exclusion. If such policies were implemented in a growth environment, they would probably have their effects magnified; they would not be just measures to make up for the negative macroeconomic environment; they would not be characterized by anti-cyclical policies; instead, they would be characterized by pro-cyclical policies of product expansion

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income guarantee programs estratégia paulistana de inclusão social sao paulo (cidade) -- politica social programas de garantia de renda economia programas públicos de transferência de renda public programs of income transfer programas de sustentacao de renda -- sao paulo (cidade)

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