Estratégias de enfrentamento dos riscos e desastres ambientais por meio da Política de Assistência Social

Abstract

This article reflects on the performance of the Social Assistance Policy in contexts of environmental disasters - a notably fundamental theme to the debate today. To do so, we started with bibliographic and documentary research seeking to understand the performance of this Policy in relation to disasters, considering its institution in a society founded on the specific logic of capitalist accumulation. We identified that the Social Assistance Policy's response to environmental disasters has still been focused, based on emergency logic, disregarding the procedurality of the production of disasters, as well as the elements of the social structure that foster them. Considering this, we highlight the strategic function of the Social-Assistance Surveillance sector, demonstrating the importance of professional performance in the midst of these scenarios, as well as signaling strategies for this. As this sector works directly with the production of knowledge about reality, we have developed an argument explaining the relevance of this performance in actions to prevent environmental risks and disasters.