Abstract
One of the major problems in Brazil is unfair income distribution. Statistical data show that the wealthy, a group of 1.8 million, comprise 50% of Brazil’s wealth while the other 50% is distributed among 178 million people. This enormous gap between classes has severe social consequences, chief among which is social and economic inequality. A therapy approach based on culturally sensitive practices in community settings by authors such as Freire, Minuchin and Colapinto, Stephens et al., Waldegrave, Dabas and Najmanovich, Bárreto, Macedo, and Grandesso is presented along with successes and challenges of the approach.
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In Brazil, the minimum salary is the least amount an employer can pay to an employee by federal law.
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de Macedo, R. (2014). Constructing Empowerment and Resilience Contexts: Systemic Interventions in Communities. In: Nelson, T., Winawer, H. (eds) Critical Topics in Family Therapy. AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03248-1_6
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