Dependent Capitalism and Social Assistance in Brazil in the 21st Century

Abstract: The work aims to present an analysis of trends in Brazilian Social Assistance policy in the last two decades, addressing the main political orientations of the state thought from the contradictions of dependent capitalism in the current context of radicalization of the conservative offensive of capital post-crisis 2008. In order to do so, we will seek contributions to the notion of dependent capitalism in Florestan Fernandes and Ruy Mauro Marini, seeking to problematize how dependent patterns, which are updated in the historical movement, present structural elements of the State and social policies that are also present in social assistance policy.

Key words: dependent capitalism; state; social assistance

         JEL codes: I38, H55, O15, P16