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Considerable research has been done on conceptions of poverty and on the welfare state; however, there is little research into the relationship between the two the ways in which poverty discourses shape welfare states and how transitions in welfare states influence poverty discourses. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, I explore the underlying construction of poverty in Albertas income-support policy as it has developed within an active social policy framework. In the government documents analyzed, poverty is constructed as an objective and neutral assessment of unmet basic needs and is effectively removed from political debate. Also constructed as a lack of labour-market attachment, the poverty discourse that does exist is subsumed within the market discourse. The thesis argues that we need to expand our conceptions of poverty to improve our poverty alleviation strategies, to revitalize the place of social policy in Alberta, and to enrich the way in which we live together. / Family Ecology and Practice

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:16:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Liliane Moser.pdf: 1291293 bytes, checksum: 9cf15be1e32c88c49587c1a74e7d0372 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-06-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The present thesis investigated the work and active social policies, analyzed from a work and income generation program, in the solidary economy field. The object of this study were the virtuosities, potentialities and limits of the Work and Income Generation Program of the Municipal Administration of Chapecó/SC, during the 2001/2004 administration, and the experiences of workers inserted on solidary economic enterprises proposed as an alternative to poverty and unemployment. The objective of this investigation contemplated the analysis of this Program and the experiences of these workers, based on the meanings that are recognized and expressed in their lives regarding work generation, income and social inclusion, allowed by the participation in the referred enterprises. This qualitative research was based on discursive, bibliographic and documental material. The study subjects were the workers from the solidary economic enterprises, as well as administrators and technicians of the Program which, when interviewed, enabled the access to dense empirical data. The theoretical reference was based on significative bibliographical productions concerning themes as work, active social policies, social protection and solidary economy, correlated to the investigated object. This study revealed that the Work and Income Generation Program of the Municipal Administration of Chapecó/SC, proposed on the active social policy perspective, proved to be an alternative to the generation of work and income, as well as a possibility of social inclusion conditions, although having limits and challenges in its effectiveness / Na presente tese, investigou-se o tema trabalho e políticas sociais ativas, analisado a partir de um programa de geração de trabalho e renda, situado no campo da economia solidária. O objeto deste estudo centrou-se nas virtuosidades, potencialidades e limites do Programa de Geração de Trabalho e Renda da Prefeitura Municipal de Chapecó/SC, durante a gestão 2001/2004, e nas vivências de trabalhadores/as inseridos/as em empreendimentos econômicos solidários, propostos como uma alternativa à pobreza e ao desemprego. O objetivo dessa investigação contemplou a análise desse Programa e das vivências desses/as trabalhadores/as, fundamentadas nos significados que (re) conhecem e expressam em suas vidas acerca da geração de trabalho, renda e inclusão social, as quais são possibilitadas pela participação nos referidos empreendimentos. A pesquisa, de caráter qualitativo, fundamentou-se em material discursivo, bibliográfico e documental. Os sujeitos do estudo foram os/as trabalhadores/as dos empreendimentos econômicos solidários, bem como gestores e técnicos do Programa que, entrevistados, possibilitaram o acesso a denso material empírico. Enquanto referência teórica, a leitura de produções bibliográficas significativas acerca de temas como trabalho, políticas sociais ativas, proteção social e economia solidária, embasaram os argumentos apresentados. O estudo realizado revelou que o Programa de Geração de Trabalho e Renda da Prefeitura Municipal de Chapecó/SC, proposto na perspectiva de política social ativa, evidenciou ser uma alternativa de geração de trabalho e renda, bem como uma possibilidade de criação de condições de inclusão social, embora, com limites e desafios em sua efetividade