O enfrentamento à pobreza através de uma política redistributiva em Santa Maria - RS: uma análise do auxílio inclusivo municipal

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the “municipal inclusive aid” program, implemented in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, by the public power. The social benefit was intended for the families most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to establish social protection measures in the fight against hunger and poverty, during the period of coping with the public health emergency resulting from the disease. The research carried out in the monograph was descriptive and exploratory. The research with qualitative approach, as well as a phenomenological method, was structured through a theoretical framework, in which bibliographies that show the type of state action in the development and promotion of public policies were analyzed, especially the ones against poverty. In addition, the study was based on Giovanni’s (2009) public policy analysis methodology, called “The Elementary Structures of Public Policies”, in which the respective elementary structures in the municipal inclusive aid policy were identified, as well as the elements that compose each structure. The results showed that the municipal inclusive aid in Santa Maria presented an effective rate of 86.29% of the target audience assisted. Thus, 6,999 families, of the 8,111 ones classified in the poverty and extreme poverty range, qualified to receive the social benefit, were effectively assisted.