DIFERENÇAS DA GESTÃO E AS REPERCUSSÕES SOCIAIS DO PROGRAMA BOLSA FAMÍLIA NOS MUNICÍPIOS DE FREDERICO WESTPHALEN E PELOTAS, RS

Abstract

With the hegemony of neoliberalism, public policies have been focused on that adopt decentralization as an administrative form and that give priority to income transfer policies as an alternative to the Welfare State. Common administrative models are imposed on municipalities without considering characteristics of culture, economics, origin and principally scope. Understanding politics as an arena of struggle and conquest, applied or modified actions become important that interfere in the direct relationship between administrator and beneficiary. This paper presents and discusses characteristics of the beneficiaries of public administration of the Family Grant Program, as well as its social repercussions in the municipalities of Frederico Westphalen-RS and Pelotas-RS. A questionnaire was issued to a statistical sample of beneficiaries and interviews were conducted with administrators utilizing a quantitative and qualitative method, the responses were organized, tabulated and presented graphically. It was concluded through monitoring and evaluation, through direct observation of beneficiaries and municipal administrators, and of their attitudes and expectations, that there are unique elements and differences in form and in resources used, which reflect significantly on the results. The characteristics of the beneficiaries and of the administrators of the FGP, and their relationship, the basis for taking new directions and questions about the form of generating public programs, were the object of analysis and provide suggestions for improvement, monitoring and the realization of intersectoral planning. The differences in each region interfere significantly in the public policies and consequently in their results, as well as their exchange, offering learning possibilities to both realities, when management practices are compared