O conselho municipal de assistência social como espaço de participação democrática e empoderamento do usuário : um estudo de caso da gestão 2009-2011 do CMAS de Joaçaba (SC)

Abstract

This monograph is the result of performing a case study in the method of qualitative research on user participation in social assistance policy the Municipal Council of Social Welfare, managed 2009-2011, of the city of Joaçaba (SC). The study aims to show the perspective of the political project of participatory democracy, the adequacy of municipal policy in regard to user participation in the deliberative body of the CMAS, as well as if the inclusion of these users has caused changes, becoming a truly democratic space. Still, participating in the CMAS, users empower themselves and manage to get out of their subordinated condition, becoming subjects of rights and less manipulable. Under two dimensions, it is explored the perception of participation in the vision of the directors of other users and counselors of this administration.