%0 Journal Article %T Programa Bolsa Fam¨ªlia: uma nova modalidade de biopol¨ªtica %A Lavergne %A R¨¦mi Fernand %J Servi£¿o Social & Sociedade %D 2012 %I Cortez Editora Ltda %R 10.1590/S0101-66282012000200006 %X the purpose of this article is to show how the family allowance program (programa bolsa fam¨ªlia - pbf) refers to a form of biopolitics such as evoked by foucault. besides illustrating how the pbf is inscribed in a normalizing perspective, the article seeks to show how the social services and the education "for a lifetime" play an important role in terms of building up subjectivity processes and subjective opinions and feelings whose aim is to guide and control the poor and marginalized populations' behavior. %K family allowance program %K social services %K universal versus focused policies %K education "for a lifetime" %K biopolitics %K subjectivity processes. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-66282012000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en