Open AccessThe COVID-19 pandemic, emergency aid and social work in Brazil
Author(s) -
Maria Lúcia Teixeira Garcia,
Aline Fardin Pandolfi,
Fabíola Xavier Leal,
Aline Faé Stocco,
Arelys Esquenazi Borrego,
Rodrigo Es Borges,
Edinéia Figueira dos Anjos Oliveira,
Aline Em Lang,
Cenira Oliveira Andrade,
Sílvia Neves Salazar,
Leila Mt Menandro,
Gary Spolander
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
qualitative social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.554
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1741-3117
pISSN - 1473-3250
DOI - 10.1177/1473325020981753
Subject(s) - pandemic , context (archaeology) , work (physics) , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , social work , economic growth , political science , sociology , set (abstract data type) , public relations , business , economics , geography , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , disease , archaeology , pathology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
This essay reflects on the implementation of federal government emergency aid in Brazil in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting elements from the work of Social Workers in the context of growing demand for the supply of material provisions. Economic and social conditions in Brazil have particularities that impact the operationalisation of this benefit, which is aimed at the poor, that add complexity and impose limits. When considering the structural limits set, this context imposes challenges on the work of Social Workers. The need to reconnect and enhance the struggle for social rights is emphasised through the different strategies of the working class.