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SERPA, Virginia; VIRGINIA, Clara  y  CAVALCANTE, Sylvia. Public brazilian social service: a policy of autonomy - a biopolitical device. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.3, pp. 428-437. ISSN 2359-0769.

The purpose of this article is to show the biopolitical character of the National Policy for Social Assistance / Unified System of Social Assistance (PNAS / SUAS), considering the perspective of Michel Foucault on the power exercise on population phenomena such as birth, health , health, education etc.. Thus, PNAS / SUAS is analyzed as a device, like a configuration formed by speeches, laws, practices, institutions, technologies and standards, with the function of promoting the autonomy as a condition of citizenship, acting on the habits, behaviors and family and community ties of individuals and families at risk and social vulnerability. Texts, research, guidelines and data relating to the actions, practices and technical procedures operated by assistance are addressed, highlighting initially the change the ethical and political statute of the PNAS / SUAS user, from pauper to subject of rights. Then it became clear the promotion of autonomy as a strategic function of the assistance device, as well as the operationality by which the lifestyles of individuals are resized. The relevance and contribution of this research is based on the application of Foucault's look on the PNAS / SUAS, taking it as the object of a genealogical analysis of individual autonomy. We conclude that the PNAS / SUAS, before being an emancipation policy of the subject, by the introduction of citizenship conditions, is a biopolitical device standards of conduct of individuals in compliance with the imperative of autonomy.

Palabras clave : PNAS [SUAS]; biopolitical device; autonomy; Foucault.

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