Abstract:
This article deals with regressive trends in social assistance policy in Brazil, based on the institutional constraints typical of the federative pact and the evidence of setbacks that put the foundations of the Unified Social Assistance System at risk, with a flagrant deepening of the neoliberal program, A joint advance of counter-reforms, a threat to democracy and a reduction of rights. From the analysis of the evidence of setbacks, the necessary strengthening of forms of resistance and social struggles for human dignity is reaffirmed.
Keywords:
Social Assistance; Conservatism; Managerialism; Rights