Desenho institucional do Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social de Feira de Santana- Bahia, 2014

Abstract

The board of managers of public policies, represent the contemporary democratic in Brazil after the 1988 Federal Constitution. This study seeks to comprehend the participatory and deliberative practices of the Municipal Council of Social Welfare of Feira de Santana, Bahia; and understand their degree of institutionalization, democracy and representation, from an interpretation of empirical data collected from official research. With the purpose of observe the period of the law creating the bylaws currently used, its organizational structure and frequency of meetings; analyze the social and political context in which it entered, analyze its composition, the decisions, the presence of committees and the prediction of conferences that have the potential democratizing and inclusive; recognize organizations that has that have positioning in this council and their representation, in addition to verifying the segments represented. This study was collected through qualitative research in order to understand their meanings and situational characteristics. And this work was made based on articles and books on the subject, and documentary research with consultation of minutes, resolutions and documents related to the topic that were part of the institution's collection. After all the study it was noticed that the board is inserted into a space that, despite the challenges, the actors of civil society dialogue with government representatives, acting in the management of public policy for social welfare of the Feira de Santana, through participation of civil society and the state, which sets up in a good democratic potential of the municipal council of social welfare, even with the need to expand the capacity of this inclusive participatory arrangement, with the goal of strengthen the democratic plurality and coexistence.