Sociedade de consumo e o enfrentamento das situações de vulnerabilidade econômica no âmbito do V comando aéreo regional : desafios para o serviço social

Abstract

This thesis proposes to analyze how the consumer society has contributed to the economic vulnerability of users of Social Service of Aeronautics Garrison of Porto Alegre (GUARNAE-PA), under the V Regional Air Command, aiming to contribute to the development of educational actions with the objective of reflection on the theme of consumption. For both following specific objectives were delimited: to investigate how the situation of economic vulnerability presents itself as demand for Social Service of GUARNAE-PA; to identify what are the socio-demographic characteristics(gender, age, income, institutional affiliation, educational level) of users in vulnerable economic situation assisted by Social Service; to know if the structure of the COMAER's Social Assistance System enables the Social Service of GUARNAE-PA coping with situations arising from the economic vulnerability of its users and to identify if the actions developed by Social Service of GUARNAE-PA has contributed to cope with this situations. Economic vulnerability understood from the perspective of indebtedness and over-indebtedness. To walk the path of this research we opted for the use of qualitative and quantitative approaches, with emphasis on the first one. The results show that consumption plays the leading role in the lives of research subjects and are associated with the satisfaction of needs, welfare, comfort and status it represents. In this context, we highlight the role of advertising and credit expansion as motivators in the process of borrowing and indebtedness.