Political Awareness and Participation of Civil Society Representatives in the Municipal Council of Social Welfare of Vitoria – Brazil.

Name: ARTHUR GOMES DAU

Publication date: 02/05/2017

Examining board:

Namesort descending Role
ALEXANDRE REIS ROSA Internal Examiner *
ALFREDO RODRIGUES LEITE DA SILVA Internal Examiner *

Summary: The management councils, participatory mechanisms included in the legal framework of the Brazilian State by the Federal Constitution of 1988, became the main instrument alignment between direct interests of civil society and the government. It was created thus new relations of shared management between society and state, requiring the consolidation of social actors who are willing to work for the deliberative democracy. Based on these considerations is sought in this work, understand how to set up the political consciousness and participation of the substitute and holder counselors representative of civil society of the Municipal Council of Social Assistance Vitória (ES). The discussion is based on the political consciousness of the model for understanding of participation in collective actions of Sandoval (2001). It is a qualitative research, whose data were obtained through participant observation to the plenaries, analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews with 8 board members and alternate representatives of civil society of the Council, submitted to content analysis (BARDIN, 2004). The results revealed different configurations of political awareness among the three representative segments of civil society in the council: user representatives were more likely to feel about Collective Identity, Political Efficiency, and feelings of Justice and Injustice. Representatives of entities showed to be more linked to feelings of Collective Identity, Antagonistic Interests and Opposites and Political Efficacy. Representatives of the workers in the area have shown feelings related to Political Efficacy and Feelings of Justice and Injustice. It is concluded that different political consciences interfere in the participation of the representatives: workers' representatives participate in a limited way to the plenary sessions, thematic commissions and in ONGs. Representatives of users participate more comprehensively in social movements, neighborhood associations and with the public administration charging for actions of social interest. Representatives of entities participate in social movements, actions with the public power and in movements that involve those assisted by the entities.

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