Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2018-08-16T12:41:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Gilmara Gomes da Silva Sarmento.pdf: 3226198 bytes, checksum: a9e31ca9ddfe5109b41c3f49bdb97509 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T12:41:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Gilmara Gomes da Silva Sarmento.pdf: 3226198 bytes, checksum: a9e31ca9ddfe5109b41c3f49bdb97509 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-01 / CAPES / This thesis presents an ethnographic study on the implications of aid in the political configuration of a municipality in the northern Rio de Janeiro state. As a starting point we find that most local politicians were involved in the provision of informal healthcare. There were different mediations to meet the demands of illness and death. Transporting patients to the doctor, getting places in hospitals, scheduling medical appointments or surgeries, helping in speeding up certain procedures, and paying for funeral expenses were some of the activities developed by these politicians. As the field research progressed, the centrality of the health field as an arena for the production of political capital was even more evident, since it was possible to verify that the electoral success of some of these personalities was associated almost exclusively with the assistance activities in this area. For many of these politicians, the reputation thus achieved was the main social resource mobilized as a form of political legitimation. However, insertion in this universe of "assistance" was not as simple as it seemed, because it demanded a certain ethical conduct. This kind of "assistance" could produce politicians, but it could also demoralize them; for while aid in moments of suffering and pain could generate an unpayable moral debt, at the least sign of interest the politician could have his/her reputation ruined, because these domains of life were conceived as nonnegotiable. Hence, this work tries to understand the moral logics that make it possible for practices of aid, favors, and social work in the health area to conform a modality of political entry and reproduction / Esta tese apresenta um estudo etnogr?fico sobre as implica??es da ajuda na configura??o pol?tica de um munic?pio do norte fluminense. Como ponto de partida a constata??o de que a maioria dos pol?ticos locais estava envolvida na presta??o de assist?ncia informal na ?rea de sa?de. Tratava-se de diferentes media??es para dar resolu??o as demandas de enfermidade e de morte. Transportar enfermos ao m?dico, conseguir vagas em hospitais, marcar consultas ou cirurgias, interceder na agiliza??o de determinados procedimentos e pagar despesas funer?rias eram algumas das atividades desenvolvidas por esses pol?ticos. Na medida em que a pesquisa de campo avan?ava, a centralidade do campo da sa?de como arena de produ??o de capital pol?tico ficava ainda mais evidente, pois foi poss?vel constatar que o ?xito eleitoral de algumas dessas personalidades estava associada quase que exclusivamente ?s atividades de assist?ncia nesta ?rea. Para muitos desses pol?ticos, o prest?gio assim conquistado era o principal recurso social mobilizado como forma de legitima??o pol?tica. No entanto, a inser??o neste universo da ?assist?ncia? n?o era t?o simples como parecia, pois demandava determinada conduta ?tica. Esse tipo de ?assist?ncia? podia produzir pol?ticos, mas tamb?m desmoraliza-los, pois ao mesmo tempo em que a ajuda em momentos de sofrimento e dor podia gerar uma d?vida moral impag?vel, ao menor sinal de interesse o pol?tico podia ter a reputa??o arruinada, porque esses dom?nios da vida eram concebidos como inegoci?veis. Sendo assim, a partir deste trabalho tentou-se apreender as l?gicas morais que possibilitavam que pr?ticas de ajuda, favores e trabalho social na sa?de pudessem conformar uma modalidade de entrada e reprodu??o pol?tica