Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2014, 15 (1): 3-15 | DOI: 10.13060/12130028.2014.15.1.97

Money, Personal Autonomy, Citizenship. Effects of the Programa Bolsa Família on Its Participants

Alessandro Pinzani, Walquíria Leão Rêgo

The paper briefly presents the results of a five-year field research project (2006 to 2011) studying the moral and political transformations amongst extremely poor women participating in the Brazilian Programa Bolsa Família (PBF). Our fundamental hypothesis was that regular monetary income would generate individual growth and an increase in personal autonomy and political inclusion. We analyse the interviews by way of a phenomenology of poverty in Brazil.

Keywords: Bolsa Família, autonomy, money, poverty, citizenship

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Pinzani, Alessandro and Walquíria Leão Rêgo. 2014. "Money, Personal Autonomy, Citizenship. Effects of the Programa Bolsa Família on Its Participants." Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 15(1):3-15.
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