Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:39:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CandidaMBD.pdf: 934081 bytes, checksum: a03efed6c448b228b555e0fe5d1908b1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-12 / Poverty is a main theme in Brazil: according to official data, poverty reachs 70 million Brazilian people, and, between them, 20 million are unable to provide their basic needs. Psychology, as a welfare profession, and given its historical concerns with social actions, could not be away from this theme. Based on this, we ask: Which answers Psychology can provide, toward both the production of knowledge and the practice about social reality? The purpose of this paper is to investigate the psychological scientific production on poverty and the propositions, limits and impacts of psychological actions. We carried out a three stages documental based study analyzing Brazilian psychological literature: (1) online databases survey (312 papers identified); (2) 109 scientific abstracts accessed and coded; (3) selected 47 scientific papers read and analyzed. Results are presented in three sections: general description of the selected scientific production; characterization of the role of poverty in psychological literature; and themes presented at the papers. The academic production about the main theme (poverty) is dispersed, heterogeneous, and related to other fields of knowledge. Poverty is presented at these studies in many ways, such as: a criterium for sample design and the assessment of its psychological impacts; reports on professional experience with poor population; descriptions of this population group; relationship between poverty and others social themes; developmental and learning problems of poor children. In general, it appears that Psychology has improved the scientific production and experiences with poor population. However, it is necessary to build up theories and technical innovations and also to understand structural boundaries for professional practice with this population group / A pobreza revela-se, no Brasil, como quest?o de primeira ordem. Segundo dados oficiais, 70 milh?es de brasileiros vivem em condi??es prec?rias, sendo que, desses, 20 milh?es n?o t?m como suprir suas necessidades b?sicas de sobreviv?ncia. A Psicologia, como profiss?o inserida no campo do bem-estar social e cuja hist?ria aponta para a busca de uma a??o comprometida socialmente, n?o poderia ficar alheia a essa situa??o. Partindo dessa premissa, questionam-se quais as respostas que a Psicologia tem dado a tal quest?o, tanto no que concerne ? produ??o do conhecimento, quanto ? interven??o na realidade social. O objetivo do trabalho ? investigar a produ??o de conhecimento em Psicologia relacionada ? pobreza, analisando as proposi??es, os limites e impactos das a??es empreendidas pelos psic?logos. Foi realizada uma pesquisa documental com a literatura brasileira psicol?gica em tr?s etapas: levantamento nas bases de dados referenciais dispon?veis na Internet e constru??o de um banco de dados com 312 publica??es; recupera??o e codifica??o dos resumos de 109 artigos cient?ficos; sele??o, leitura e an?lise de 47 artigos cient?ficos. Os resultados foram agrupados em tr?s partes: caracteriza??o geral da produ??o; o lugar da pobreza na literatura psicol?gica; as tem?ticas presentes nas produ??es. A produ??o acerca do tema ? dispersa, heterog?nea e possui interse??o com outras ?reas do conhecimento. Com rela??o ? forma como a pobreza aparece nesses estudos, destacam-se: pobreza como crit?rio para recorte populacional e estudo das conseq??ncias psicol?gicas para os indiv?duos; relatos de experi?ncia com popula??es pobres; caracteriza??o dessas popula??es; rela??o da pobreza com outras tem?ticas sociais; desenvolvimento e dificuldades de aprendizagem em crian?as pobres. De uma forma geral, verifica-se um avan?o da Psicologia na produ??o de conhecimento e atua??o com popula??es pobres. No entanto, ainda ? necess?rio construir teorias e t?cnicas inovadoras de trabalho, bem como compreender os limites estruturais da atua??o profissional com essas popula??es

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study identifies the way in which Brazil was able to achieve significant economic and social development during the Presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva from 2003 to 2010. The element which makes the achievement of this development extremely interesting is the fact that it was engineered by a traditionally radical Leftist party, the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT – Workers’ Party) within the context of the globalized world economy. Throughout much of its existence, the PT has called for a radical socialist transformation of Brazilian society. However, once it came to power, it not only rejected radical positions, but acquiesced fully with the constraints placed upon it by global capital. Thus, in addition to describing the process of development in Brazil, this study also attempts to account for the way in which it was achieved. This is done by postulating that the Lula (as he is commonly referred to) administration was successful in solidifying Brazilian economic fundamentals, as well as in significantly reducing poverty and inequality in one of the most unequal societies in the world, because it adopted Third Way economic and social policies. It is argued that, even though there were few clear indications from the government that it regarded itself as following the Third Way, a practical examination of Lula’s economic and social policies indicate that they overwhelmingly conform to the prescripts of the Third Way. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie identifiseer die manier waarop noemenswaardige ekonomiese en sosiale ontwikkeling in Brasilië plaasgevind het gedurende 2003 tot 2010, onder leiding van President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva. ‘n Faktor wat hierdie ontwikkeling besonder interessant maak, is die feit dat dit plaasgevind het binne die konteks van die globaliseerde wêreldekonomie, onder die bewind van ‘n tradisionele radikale Linkse party, die Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT – Arbeiders Party). Die PT het tradisioneel gestreef na ‘n radikale sosialistiese transformasie van die Brasiliaanse samelewing. Teen die tyd dat dit egter aan bewind gekom het, het dit radikale beleide verwerp en ten volle saamgewerk met globale kapitalisme. Hierdie studie beskyf dus nie slegs die proses van Brasiliaanse ontwikkeling nie, maar poog ook om te verklaar waarom hierdie ontwikkeling plaasgevind het. Daar word aangevoer dat Lula (soos hy algemeen bekend staan) se bewind suksesvol was in pogings om die fundamentele aspekte van die Brasiliaanse ekonomie te versterk, en terselfdertyd armoede en ongelykheid aansienlik te verlaag in een van die mees ongelyke samelewings ter wêreld. Die rede vir hierdie sukses is te vinde in die feit dat die PT regering “Third Way” ekonomiese en sosiale beleide toegepas het. Die studie voer aan dat, alhoewel daar weinig verwysing gemaak is na die “Third Way” deur Lula se regering, ‘n praktiese ontleding van hul ekonomiese en sosiale beleide toon dat Brasilië ‘n geval verteenwoordig van ‘n ontwikkelende land wat die “Third Way” prakties geïmplementeer het.