A CENTRALIDADE DA FAMÍLIA NO PROGRAMA BOLSA FAMÍLIA: análise referenciada no Programa em São Luís MA

Abstract

This thesis is a study on the centrality of family in the Family Allowance Program in São Luís, considering the emphasis on family in what is set in contemporary times, the main Transfer Program Income from Federal Government directed to cope with the poverty in Brazil. It starts with a theoretical and conceptual approach to social issues, poverty, family and social policy, including transfer programs to poor families with emphasis on the Family Grant, the empirical reference of the investigative process. The study aimed to develop a central analysis of the centrality of family in the Family Grant Program, considering their form of expression and meanings for different social actors (technicians, engineers and families) involved in its implementation process in the capital of Maranhão. The proposal consisted of, apart from identifying the meanings attributed to the centrality of the family by interviewees, the understanding of how families, considered in its different types and sizes, have been made by the program in its implementation process face to face the situation poverty.