Abstract
The present work aims to analyze the transformations in the nature of social protection systems that represented significant changes in the logic of social policies. Using the concepts of Paradigm, Accumulation Regimes and Modes of Regulation, it is intended to show that social protection systems, although remain central to the functioning of capitalism, have acquired characteristics that differentiate them from those that emerged in the Second World War. It is concluded that this new paradigm of policies imposed a new look on the social policies that are increasingly associated with the strategy of capital to promote the commodification of reproduction of individuals life conditions. Coherent in a discourse focused on the promotion of social welfare, these policies are articulated with economic policies in the pursuit of the expansion of the capital appreciation process through the incorporation of vulnerable segments of society into the consumer market.
Keywords:
Social protection; Politics; Paradigm; Commodification; Life conditions
*Transferências destinadas a bem-estar, desemprego, pensões, saúde, subsídios para habitação.Fonte: elaborado a partir de Lindert (2004).
* Produtividade = PIB/horas trabalhadas.Fonte: 
*Refere-se ao consumo de bens e serviços.**Refere-se aos benefícios de seguridade social direcionados a doença, velhice, auxílio às famílias, subsídios para assistência social e benefícios para os trabalhadores pagos pelo governo.Fonte: Estatísticas da OCDE. No caso das transferências sociais, considerou-se apenas o período 1970/2000.