Social security and the dilemmas of social inclusion

• Autor(a) principal: Fleury, Sonia
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração Pública
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rap/article/view/6776
• topic: social security; citizenship; social policies.; seguridade social; cidadania; políticas sociais.

This article presents a brief history of social protection in Brazil, based on the paradigm models of social assistance, social insurance and social security. The 1988 Constitution broke up with the system then in effect, characterized by a mix of social assistance and social insurance. In the new design of social protection, health, insurance and social assistance are joined under the concept of social security. Nevertheless, the implementation of this model of democratically managed and decentralized universal policies, faced an adverse context of economic adjustment and hegemonic liberal ideology, which resulted in the emphasis on social policies. Although social legislation has improved, there is at the same time a deterioration of sociability in the big cities, with an explosion of violence. To empower the large urban masses as citizens has been the great challenge for the implementation of an effective social security. Some experiences of social policy management in the local level have been able to face the challenge creatively and innovatively, demonstrating the potential of universalizing citizenship.