ABSTRACT
This paper contributes to the debate on social-state interactions in public policies, focused on social assistance in São Paulo. We argue that the historical legacy is not sufficient to understand the current dynamics. Empirically, we verify the co-construction of state capacities for regulation and provision of this policy through documentary analysis, interviews and data from agreements signed during the administrations of Serra/Kassab and Haddad.
KEYWORDS:
state-society interactions; state capacities; social assistance; civil society organizations