La gloria de la pobreza. Emergencia de actores frente a programas de asistencia social

The objective of this text is to analyze how stemming from the promotion of welfare  programs in localities denominated as poor, new political actors with direct impact in the form of the local organization have emerged. The “eligible subject” of  support has created unheard of forms of social exclusion, at the time in which it has generated various means to administer their life. The presented argument is based  on fieldwork, semi-structured interviews, personal archive data collection and bibliographic research. The benefits granted by welfare programs have multiple  conceptions among eligible subjects, which transcend the economical.