THE DEBATE ON INSTRUMENTALITY IN BRAZILIAN SOCIAL WORK BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF YOLANDA GUERRA
Name: CLAUDIA NEY FRANÇA DA SILVA
Publication date: 24/09/2025
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| SALYANNA DE SOUZA SILVA | Examinador Interno |
| SILVIA NEVES SALAZAR | Presidente |
| YOLANDA APARECIDA DEMÉTRIO GUERRA | Examinador Externo |
Summary: This master's thesis was based on qualitative research that focused on the theoretical production of the debate on instrumentality in Brazilian social work and the relationship established between the authors and Yolanda Guerra conception. Its objective is to
discover which concept of instrumentality, since Yolanda Guerra first publication in 1995, is present in Brazilian Social Work publications: from the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, the Social Work and Society Journal, and the publications of the CRESS - Regional Councils of Social Work in Brazil. All of this is based on an exploratory study using Marx's Social-Critical Theory as a method. The first chapter presents: “Instrumentality in Social Work based on Yolanda Guerra's concept”; the second: the “Fundamentals of Social Work and the category of work”; and the third: “Instrumentality in the production of Brazilian Social Work,” through research data represented by theses and dissertations found in the “Brazilian Digital Library of
Theses and Dissertations,” articles from the “Social Work and Society Magazine,” and, finally, various findings on the topic on the websites of all Regional Councils of Social Work - CRESS in Brazil. As a result of the research, we have: 2 articles from the Social
Work and Society Journal; 3 theses and 20 dissertations from the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations; and 109 publications on CRESS websites. We conclude that the debate on the theme of instrumentality is of great importance for the
training and work of Brazilian social work, and is gradually gaining ground nationally and internationally with books, lectures, and research based on the rich and fruitful contributions of Professor Yolanda Guerra, who has been consolidating a rapprochement between the CRESS, signaling new and expanded discussions based on the debate on instrumentality, both in the academic and professional fields.
