VULNERABILIDADE SOCIAL: CONCEITO, NOVA REALIDADE SOCIAL E ALGUMAS DIMENSÕES

Abstract

Nowadays much is said about vulnerability, vulnerable groups, but the concept used is amplified and sometimes misused. Therefore, this work aims to present the concept of social vulnerability presenting its main dimensions: the labor market, human capital, the physical capital of the informal sector and social relations. It is understood that this has advantages and analytical limitations, making it necessary a conceptual unfolding that takes to its better understanding. The methodology used was bibliographical, because it was not intended to deepen the theme with differentiated research. The concept has many advantages, but it also carries with it some analytical limitations. Therefore, at the end of the research, it is considered that there are differences in vulnerability between similar situations of poverty. One of the great contributions of the concept consists in overcoming simple analyses relating poverty, because it is a heterogeneous quality, making it necessary to understand it by the intersection of its multicausal factors.