Social Policy in Collor 's Administration

Abstract

This article analyses the rethoric and practice of social policies in Collor's
administration, taking into consideration the advancement of the economic
crisis; the social rights included in the Constitution of 1988; government’s
electoral strategy and its anti-inflationary policies. It states that the "liberal
modernization" implemented by Collor - as related to the larger social
questions - stressed four fundamental issues: the correction of the "social
debt" through economic growth, creation of jobs amd improvement of real
incomes; modernization and requaliflcation of instruments and personnel for
management of large social systems and, finally, the decentralization in the
management of the major social policies. In the author's evaluation, the
circunstances point out in the direction of more recession and
unemployment, which make even more difficult the implementation of
possible and efficient social policies.