Marginalização e abandono : o trabalho informal ambulante em João Pessoa - PB nos anos de 2020 e 2021, auge da pandemia do covid-19

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the way in which street vendors are treated on the streets of João Pessoa, focusing on this reality in the Covid-19 pandemic context, highlighting the assessment of the position of the municipal public authorities with regard to the implementation of public actions and policies. necessary for the segment in the period studied. The formal employment crisis and the record growth of informality in Brazil and the world presented reflective questions that contextualized our problem and allowed us to substantiate it in the following research question: how did the management of municipal public power in João Pessoa-PB contribute to reducing the implications suffered by street vendors during 2020 and 2021, the height of the Covid-19 pandemic period? The working hypothesis defended that there was disregard for the category and, following a historical trend, the city of João Pessoa replicated the behavior of other municipalities, in various parts of the world, by reserving marginal treatment for street vendors. The general objective was to analyze the context of informal street vendors in the city of João Pessoa during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic period (2020-2021), taking into account the actions developed by municipal public management aimed at these workers. The specific objectives sought to: 1 - carry out bibliographical research, with ‘Systematic Literature Review (RSL)’ to identify studies that addressed the phenomenon of ‘informal street work’ in the sample period chosen for this research and how researchers approached the topic; 2 - define the main implications of the Covid-19 pandemic suffered by the category during the height of the pandemic period; 3 - analyze the actions developed by the municipal government of João Pessoa for the segment of street vendors during the period studied. The results showed that there are still few studies carried out, with scientifically valid and replicable criteria, capable of adequately discussing the researched topic. However, the studies cataloged by RSL2 pointed to a situation of denial of rights and marginalization of the segment in a structural way, which was heightened during the pandemic. During the pandemic, street vendors in the sample analyzed faced economic, physical, mental and emotional implications. However, the conclusions confirmed the hypothesis and highlighted the city hall's inaction towards street vendors during the pandemic period.