SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PUBLIC POLICIES IN FIGHTING THE MULTIPLE FACES OF POVERTY

Abstract

Social Networks and Public Policies in fighting the multiple faces of poverty. This work discusses the subject of poverty, by approaching its different conceptions and interconnections, as well as its interlocution with the local public social inclusion policies´dimension. Methodologically, we looked for a theoretical and conceptual problematization on poverty, from a bibliographic research and case studies, as a multifaceted analytical category, discussing its conception, measurement and interconnections through the discussion of environmental and family dimension, as well as the reflection of poverty policies and its reduction strategies. The evolution of approaches about poverty passes through a one-dimensional conception to a multidimensional. In this scenario, it can be concluded that the poverty reduction policies should consider both the immediate needs of different family arrangements and the dimension of their social networks, as perceived and experienced programs and social actions as a universal right, that is, as a citizenship right.