Previdência Social as an Experience of Society: A Case-Study of Civil Servants in the Portuguese New State, 1933–74

Ana Carina Azevedo

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Previdência Social as an Experience of Society: A Case-Study of Civil Servants in the Portuguese New State, 1933–74

Ana Carina Azevedo

História, Territórios e Comunidades do Centro de Ecologia Funcional (pólo NOVA FCSH)

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This chapter analyzes the special system of social protection called Previdência Social in the Portuguese dictatorship (1933–1974). Azevedo offers a novel view by focusing on social support for civil servants as the only case where the state had the duties of an employer. The chapter analyzes the impact of social benefits in the daily life of the social class, and its significance in the definition of the relationship between the individual and the state. Azevedo indicates how social benefits were used both as a legitimizing tool of the New State and as a means of guaranteeing social control. The chapter concludes with a glimpse at the transformation of the idea of Previdência Social, from a product of state generosity to a personal right.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Experiencing Society and the Lived Welfare State
Editors	Pertti Haapala, Minna Harjula, Heikki Kokko
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	5
Pages	87-106
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-21663-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-21662-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21663-3_5
Publication status	Published - May 2023

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Name	Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience book series (PSHE)

UN SDGs

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SDG 1 No Poverty

Keywords

Portugal
Previdência Social
Civil service
Social control
Social rights

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Azevedo, A. C. (2023). Previdência Social as an Experience of Society: A Case-Study of Civil Servants in the Portuguese New State, 1933–74. In P. Haapala, M. Harjula, & H. Kokko (Eds.), Experiencing Society and the Lived Welfare State (pp. 87-106). (Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience book series (PSHE)). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21663-3_5

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Azevedo, AC 2023, Previdência Social as an Experience of Society: A Case-Study of Civil Servants in the Portuguese New State, 1933–74. in P Haapala, M Harjula & H Kokko (eds), Experiencing Society and the Lived Welfare State. Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience book series (PSHE), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 87-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21663-3_5

Previdência Social as an Experience of Society: A Case-Study of Civil Servants in the Portuguese New State, 1933–74. / Azevedo, Ana Carina.
Experiencing Society and the Lived Welfare State. ed. / Pertti Haapala; Minna Harjula; Heikki Kokko. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. p. 87-106 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience book series (PSHE)).

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