Public Policy Networks and the Implementation of the "Bolsa-Família" Program: An Analysis Based on the Monitoring of School Attendance

Autor/inn/en	de Oliveira, Breynner Ricardo; Daroit, Doriana
Titel	Public Policy Networks and the Implementation of the "Bolsa-Família" Program: An Analysis Based on the Monitoring of School Attendance
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28 (2020) 120, (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (de Oliveira, Breynner Ricardo) ORCID (Daroit, Doriana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Networks; Federal Programs; Program Implementation; Educational Policy; Financial Support; Federal Aid; Poverty Programs; Administrative Organization; Cooperation; Attendance; Family Programs; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Finanzielle Förderung; Armenfürsorge; Co-operation; Kooperation; Anwesenheit; Family program; Familienprogramm; Brasilien
Abstract	The paper analyzes how street-level bureaucrats construct and activate the intersectoral network induced by the implementation of the "Bolsa Família" Program (BFP) in a region of extreme poverty in Brazil. BFP is a federal cash transfer program with conditionalities, benefiting 13.8 million families. Based on the educational conditionality, BFP is articulated with other social policies, using beneficiaries, schools, health units, and social assistance centers as vectors that mobilize public organs, processes and agents, triggering complex and dynamic multi-sectoral and intersectoral social networks. Thirty-one multilevel public agents were interviewed, including 14 education professionals in two schools and eight social work professionals in two local centers. The analysis reveals that street-level bureaucracy emerges as hubs at the local level, indicating the social protection network in the territory depends on personal links and mediations among agents, institutions, and public equipment materialized by processes derived from the monitoring of school attendance. The articulation and interaction between school and social agents reflect degrees of intersectoral cooperation, marked by different patterns of comprehension/translation of routines and strategies. The analysis explicitly highlights connections among (im)material elements of the networks induced by the BFP, emphasizing their potential for understanding the implementation of social and educational policies. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01