Money, Autonomy and Citizenship The Experience of the Brazilian Bols

This book analyzes the impacts on peoples’ lives of the largest antipoverty social program in the world: the Brazilian Bolsa Família Program. Created by the government of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Bolsa Família&n

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ey, Autonomy and Citizenship The Experience of the Brazilian Bolsa Família

Money, Autonomy and Citizenship

Alessandro Pinzani  •  Walquiria Leão Rego

Money, Autonomy and Citizenship The Experience of the Brazilian Bolsa Família

Alessandro Pinzani Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Walquiria Leão Rego Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Universidade Estadual de Campinas Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Translated by Katie Gray Craven

ISBN 978-3-030-01360-8    ISBN 978-3-030-01361-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01361-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018957079 Translated from the Portuguese language edition: Vozes do Bolsa Família – Autonomia, dinheiro e cidadania, 2nd edition, by Walquiria Leão Rego and Alessando Pinzani. Copyright (c) Editora Unesp, 2014. All rights reserved. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 1st edition: © Editora Unesp 2013 2nd edition: © Editora Unesp 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Like a dog is thicker than an apple. Like the blood of the dog is thicker than the dog itself. Like a man is thicker than the blood of a dog. Like the blood of a man is far thicker than the dream of a man. Thick like an apple is thick. Like an apple is much thicker if a man eats it than if a man sees it. Like it is even thicker if hunger eats it. Like it is even thicker if the hunger that sees it cannot eat it. João Cabral de Melo Neto

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Preface to the English Edition

This work presents the results of 5 years of field research on the effects of the Bolsa Família program (henceforth, PBF) on the subjectivity of its partici