Economic and social aspects in the analysis of public policies related to brazilian labor market and its performance in the application of capability approach

Authors

  • Gustavo Barby Pavani Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Paraná, PUCPR, Brasil
  • Marco Antônio César Villatore Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Paraná, PUCPR, Brasil; Federal University of the State of Santa Catarina, Brasil
  • Augustus Bonner Cochran III Agnes Scott Faculty (Georgia, EUA)

Abstract

Given the cyclical nature of economic crises, this paper aims to demonstrate the importance of employment as a means of promoting the expansion of individual capabilities. It analyzes the Brazilian labor market and its characteristics, eliciting the relevance of addressing the quality of work, especially about its precarity, focusing in reducing inequalities and social exclusion. The paper also outlines about public policies applied by the Brazilian government and points out some alternatives for the country’s labor market based on the expansion of personal freedoms.

Keywords:

economic crises; capability approach; Brazilian labor market; employment; public policies.

Author Biographies

Gustavo Barby Pavani, Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Paraná, PUCPR, Brasil

Gustavo Barby Pavani – PUCPR – Lawyer, Bachelor of Laws at UNICURITIBA, Especialist in Labor and Processual Labor Law at EMATRA/PR, Master’s Student Program at the Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Paraná

Marco Antônio César Villatore, Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Paraná, PUCPR, Brasil; Federal University of the State of Santa Catarina, Brasil

Marco Antônio César Villatore – PUCPR – Lawyer, Bachelor of Laws at Federal University of the State of Paraná. PHD at University Roma II, “Tor Vergata”, Doctor at University of the Roma I, “La Sapienza”/UFSC and Master at Pontifical Catholic University of the State of São Paulo. Full Professor of Pontifical Catholic University of the State of Paraná; of UNINTER and of Federal University of the State of Santa Catarina.

Augustus Bonner Cochran III, Agnes Scott Faculty (Georgia, EUA)

Public Policy PHD in University of North Carolina - Multi-Campus University. Political Science Profesor at Agnes Scott Faculty (Georgia, EUA)