Learning program: Public policy for social development and transformation for the young in situation of social vulnerability in the municipality of Cruz Alta- RS
International Journal of Development Research
Learning program: Public policy for social development and transformation for the young in situation of social vulnerability in the municipality of Cruz Alta- RS
Received 20th December, 2019; Received in revised form 19th January, 2020; Accepted 19th February, 2020; Published online 30th March, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Patricia Feil Leal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The main objective of the present study is to analyze the contributions and challenges of the Learning Program in the social development and employability of the young in situation of social and economic vulnerability in the municipality of Cruz Alta - RS, in the light of the statements of twenty young people, aged over 18 years, graduated from the Learning Program in the period from 2012 to 2014. The research seeks to fill a gap of studies and productions through an interdisciplinary analysis considering legal, social and economic aspects about the contributions of the Learning Program as public employment policy in the perception of the young themselves. The methodology used was the field study of applied nature with exploratory descriptive purpose, performed through audio-recorded interviews and analyzed through the content analysis technique identified in the analysis matrix. This study presents important information on the main contributions and challenges of the Learning Law in social development and youth employability as well as reveals changes, especially in the expansion of the young’s life perspectives in the academic, economic, social and professional contexts.
