0256/2022 - A COVID-19 em meio a uma “tempestade perfeita” no capitalismo neoliberal: reflexões críticas sobre seus impactos no Brasil COVID-19 amid a “perfect storm” in the neoliberal capitalism: critical thoughts on its impacts in Brazil
Os impactos da pandemia do novo coronavírus na sociedade brasileira revelaram um cenário que extrapola uma crise sanitária. Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar as causas e consequências de uma crise sistêmica sob a ordem econômica neoliberal lastreada na proeminência dos mercados e da exclusão social, enquanto o papel do Estado, como garantidor de direitos sociais é negligenciado. A metodologia adotada segue uma perspectiva interdisciplinar crítica dos campos da economia política e das ciências sociais presente em relatórios socioeconômicos referidos nesta análise. Argumenta-se que a racionalidade neoliberal orientando as políticas governamentais e presente no ambiente social contribuiu para um aprofundamento das desigualdades estruturais no Brasil, gerando condições propícias para o agravamento dos impactos causados pela pandemia na sociedade, em particular nos segmentos sociais mais vulneráveis.
Palavras-chave:
Pandemias; Capitalismo; Fatores socioeconômicos; Política Pública
Abstract:
The impacts of the new coronavirus pandemic on Brazilian society revealed a scenario that goes beyond a health crisis. This article aims to present the causes and consequences of a systemic crisis under the neoliberal economic order based on the prominence of markets and social exclusion, while the role of the State, as guardian of social rights, is neglected. The methodology adopted follows a critical interdisciplinary perspectivethe fields of political economy and social sciences, imbedded in socioeconomic reports referred to in this analysis. It is argued that neoliberal rationality guiding government policies and deep rooted in the social environment, has contributed to increasing structural inequalities in Brazil, thus creating favorable conditions for worsening the impacts caused by the pandemic in society, particularly among the most vulnerable social groups.
Keywords:
Pandemics; Capitalism; Socioeconomic Factors; Public Policy
COVID-19 amid a “perfect storm” in the neoliberal capitalism: critical thoughts on its impacts in Brazil
Resumo (abstract):
The impacts of the new coronavirus pandemic on Brazilian society revealed a scenario that goes beyond a health crisis. This article aims to present the causes and consequences of a systemic crisis under the neoliberal economic order based on the prominence of markets and social exclusion, while the role of the State, as guardian of social rights, is neglected. The methodology adopted follows a critical interdisciplinary perspectivethe fields of political economy and social sciences, imbedded in socioeconomic reports referred to in this analysis. It is argued that neoliberal rationality guiding government policies and deep rooted in the social environment, has contributed to increasing structural inequalities in Brazil, thus creating favorable conditions for worsening the impacts caused by the pandemic in society, particularly among the most vulnerable social groups.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
Pandemics; Capitalism; Socioeconomic Factors; Public Policy
Maciel de Paula, N., Pereira, W., Giordani, R. C. F.. A COVID-19 em meio a uma “tempestade perfeita” no capitalismo neoliberal: reflexões críticas sobre seus impactos no Brasil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Set). [Citado em 10/10/2024].
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