Edmilson dos Santos

PROGRAMA SEGUNDO TEMPO E O VAZIO ASSISTENCIAL NA REGIÃO NORDESTE

This study examined the participation of towns from Northeastern Brazil which, during the first ten years of implementation of Program “ Segundo Tempo ”, did not have access to it, resulting in a welfare void. The features analyzed were population class, municipal human development index, fiscal capacity, administrative structure and societal environment. In a program aiming to democratize educational sports and to assist mainly the vulnerable population, the very existence of a welfare void speaks against its own goals. However, the results are supported by the institutional limits of Brazil’s federalist model and the weight of sports in local decision-makers’ agenda.