Argentina. De “planeros” y offshore. Refl exiones a propósito de la asistencia social

Abstract

The cuts in pensions for disabled people caused the government to back down even though the totality of pensions was not restored. Consequently, it is important to problematize about the fi eld of social assistance with the intention of having solid arguments in an area that tends to be fragile, and to be alert to setbacks that seek to undermine these “rights” and displace them from the logic of social protection. These refl ections come from Social Work. I believe that any approach to the fi eld of social assistance should contain the voice of this discipline as some confi gurations, referring to social assistance and social work, are mutually implied. Furthermore, the interventions of social workers present other nuances to the treatment of the subject that are stimulating to incorporate. In terms of the current scenario, we are interested in making some distinctions regarding neoliberalism as a global and particular phenomenon, its implications, and from this materiality, to address some key points on social assistance. We perceive social assistance as a fi eld of knowledge from which we take certain concepts, in order to contribute to debates and refl ections. Among them, the tension which exists between the concepts of assistance and work; the characterizations that weigh on this notion or, more precisely on the recipients of these policies; the link with the practices of women as another of its features and a brief focus on the offshore context as a contrary of redistribution and therefore an architect of greater inequalities.