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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(8), pp. 635 - 644
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050807
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Symbolic and Gender Boundaries among the Bolsa Familia Beneficiaries
Mani Tebet *
Department of Social Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ABSTRACT
The present article intends to ascertain to what extent the "Bolsa Familia" allowance program modifies gender, power and interest relations to beneficiary couples - a topic that has aroused very little interest in public and academic debate. This paper also attempts to identify and understand moral and symbolic effects that the policy can produce on family and gender relations; the criteria of justice put forward by the couples for "deserving" the Bolsa Fam铆lia benefit; and the rationale that underlies this notion of merit. Interviews were conducted with 30 couples in a district in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.
KEYWORDS
Poverty, Gender, Income Transfer
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Mani Tebet , "Symbolic and Gender Boundaries among the Bolsa Familia Beneficiaries," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 635 - 644, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050807.
(b). APA Format:
Mani Tebet (2017). Symbolic and Gender Boundaries among the Bolsa Familia Beneficiaries. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(8), 635 - 644. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050807.