2012-11-272012-11-272007-12AZEVEDO, Adriana Fonseca de. Programa de complementação de renda Bolsa-Família: política de Estado ou política de governo? Novos Cadernos NAEA, Belém, v. 10, n. 2, p. 67-88, dez. 2007. Disponível em: <http://www.periodicos.ufpa.br/index.php/ncn/article/view/98/153>. Acesso em: 27 nov. 2012.2179-7536https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/3236This article presents a political assessment of the concept and formation of a social policy that has, as its primary strategy, monetary transfer programs. Therefore, this research explains the outline of a minimum income policy, in Brazil, based on the unification process of the guaranteed wage programs around the government program called "Bolsa-Família" (Family Allowance). This article also investigates the existence or inexistence of a necessity concept in today’s debates about minimum income and the use of such a concept as a guideline for social policies for income distribution, in Brazil, today.porAcesso AbertoPolítica socialPrograma de Garantia de Renda MínimaPrograma Bolsa Família (Brasil)Brasil - PaísPrograma de complementação de renda Bolsa-Família: política de Estado ou política de governo?Artigo de Periódico