Inflexões das medidas ultraneoliberais dos Governos de Temer e Bolsonaro sobre o Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS)

Abstract

The present dissertation examined the implications of the 2016 coup and subsequent ultraneoliberal policies on the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), especially in light of fiscal adjustment measures such as Constitutional Amendment No. 95/2016 and the Labor Reform. The main objective of the study was to understand the impacts of fiscal adjustment measures on SUAS between 2016 and 2022. Specifically, it sought to: understand the political and economic determinations that led to the 2016 coup; identify the measures adopted by the ultraneoliberal governments of Temer and Bolsonaro that affected SUAS; and grasp the implications of these measures for the financing and execution of SUAS. The study used the method of critical-dialectical materialism, with a bibliographical and documentary approach. The results indicate that the fiscal adjustment policies, initiated in 2016 with Constitutional Amendment No. 95/2016 and the Labor Reform, had profound impacts on SUAS. These measures, promoted by the governments of Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro, led to the dismantling of social protection structures, resulting in the defunding of this system. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these offensives became even more evident, and while emergency aid was important, it was insufficient to mitigate the effects of the crisis. The policies adopted contributed to the increase in poverty and social inequality, leaving millions of Brazilians without protection. Thus, the ultraneoliberal offensive, adopted between 2016 and 2022, resulted in a significant setback for SUAS.