Benefício de prestação continuada (BPC) para pessoas com deficiência em Cruz das Almas-Ba: uma análise sobre os desafios da intersetorialidade entre as políticas de previdência e assistência social

Abstract

This work has as main objective to analyze the challenges in the intersectoral process of social assistance policies and Social Security for the effectiveness of the Benefitof Continuing Provision (Benefício de Prestação Continuada - BPC) for person with disabilities in Cruz das Almas, Bahia. BPC is one of the first instruments of public policy non-contributory in Brazil, implemented since 1996 with the premise of combating inequalities and ensuring the financial protection for disabled citizens at any age, the elderly (over 65) whom can't provide for themselves or their families. With BPC the state for the first time, takes on the responsibility for the income rights of citizens with disabilities, recognizing this individual benefit by disabling conditions and physical and social obstacles that they have to work and for independent living. Since its inception, the BPC is managed and financially supported by the Social Security, but is operated by INSS (Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social), an agency attached in the Ministry of Social Security, focused on contributory law. Thus, the intersectionality between these policies in dealing with the BPC should be intrinsic. Sought to unravel the paradoxes of the modus operandi of the BPC relying on the theory of instrumentalization of the public policy, LASCOUMES, LÉ GALÉS (2007, 2012) seeking to identify the discrepancies between the explicit and implicit discussions. This research is a case study, carried out a literature search, analysis of secondary quantitative data and conducting 08 semi-structured interviews with managers and technicians of Basic Social Protection Network of SUAS (Sistema Único de Assistência Social) and the Agency of Social Security (APS – Agência da Previdência Social) belonging to INSS. A categorical thematic analysis was made about the explicit discourse in the normative and implicit discourse (experienced) obtained from the statements of the respondents. The results point to four macrocategories that are detailed in the study: 1) insights into the grammars: access, care and monitoring; 2) bureaucratic dysfunctions: implicit and explicit interpretations; 3) misconceptions about the concept of person with disabilities and disability; 4) fragmentation between management and operation of the BPC.