A evolução dos mecanismos de democracia participativa nas políticas ambientais nas últimas décadas

Abstract

In Brazil, in the 80s, there was a strengthening of the Councils as institutional arrangement that promotes social participation. Despite the proliferation of Councils in recent decades, it is necessary to evaluate the quality of social participation. Since that time some environmental policies were launched, we mention the main ones: the National Environmental Policy PNMA, the National Water Resources Policy-PNRH, the National Sanitation Policy PNSB-and National Solid Waste Policy -PNRS. However, these policies were developed and implemented at different times. This research analyzes the level of democracy over time in four key policies mentioned (PNMA, PNRH, PNSB and PNRS), according to the designs of institutional mechanisms for participatory democracy (Councils) provided in their legal frameworks and contextualizing each them as part of a historical process to identify the tendency of country about social participation in the environmental area, warning of a possible decrease in the level of such democratic policies.