Programa Operação Trabalho em Teresópolis: elementos para a análise de sua longevidade

Abstract

This research focuses on the longevity of the Programa Operação Trabalho, a social program in the municipality of Teresópolis aimed at generating employment, income, and integration into the labor market. The central objective of the study is to conduct a survey of theoretical elements on social policies that can explain the program's longevity, which is uncommon compared to similar programs. Aspects that help identify the program's functionality for the municipal executive are also analyzed. The research contributes to a critical examination of the program, considering the influences of managerialism and the guidelines established by the Administrative Reform of 1995 and the Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal. The study is based on readings about neoliberalism by David Harvey (2011, 2014, 2014b), and about managerialism by Karla Valle and Luzia Leite Janete (2018), and J. Newman and J. Clark (2012). It also addresses concepts of work and labor precarization based on the works of Graça Druck (2011, 2012, 2018), and the definition of policy evaluation according to Ivanete Boschetti (2009). Regarding the historical development of social assistance policy, the dialogue is based on the works of Luciana Jaccoud and Renata Mirandola Bichir (2017), Geraldo Di Giovanni and Maria Carmelita Yazbek, Maria Ozarina Silva (2014), and Mosicléia Silva (2015, 2018). For this purpose, the dissertation is structured into three chapters. The first chapter addresses the Managerial Reform during the FHC government and its impact on social assistance policy. The second chapter discusses the social assistance policy in Teresópolis and presents the Programa Operação Trabalho. In the third chapter, an analysis of the Programa Operação Trabalho is conducted, providing elements to suggest possible reasons for its longevity.