Neoliberalismo e Políticas Sociais

Abstract

In this work, a brief reflection on social policies in the context of neoliberalism is carried out. Initially, the historical trajectory of classical liberalism is recovered, whose principles defend the moral values of the individual, against the power of the State and society, understanding the market as a mediating instance on the economic plane and, on the political plane, requiring minimal intervention state-owned. Then, the implementation of the neoliberal ideology in the central countries is presented, as a global project, in the 1970s, in response to the organic crisis of capital. The neoliberal prescription brought about drastic changes, not only in the countries with a capitalist center, but mainly in Latin America, with the consequences of adjustment in the world of work and in the social sector, which began to carry out focused, fragmented social policies and depend on the solidarity of society. civil society. Finally, a study is carried out on the delayed process of neoliberal adjustment in Brazil, from the 1990s onwards and its effects on social policies.