O Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social de Palmas-TO: uma análise de sua atuação sob a perspectiva da cidadania deliberativa e da gestão social

Abstract

The democratic, deliberative and participatory model of the Municipal Councils in Brazil was prompted by the promulgation of the Federal Constitution of 1988. These environments became fields of excellence for the exercise of citizenship and legitimate spaces of participation, with open doors for civil society to be able to give an opinion, deliberate and be an active part of the decision-making process and in the construction of public policies. Based on this context, the objective of this study is to analyze the performance of the different social actors - counselors - in the Municipal Council of Social Assistance (CMAS) in the city of Palmas, capital of Tocantins, under the perspective of Deliberative Citizenship and Social Management. As CMAS was the stage of our investigation, it was also a question of understanding the perception of the Directors (biennium 2016-2018) regarding the functioning, dynamics and objectives of CMAS. Among the investigative methods, the research was based on direct non-participant observation, application of semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and documentary analysis. The results of the research indicate that most deliberative citizenship criteria were identified and well attended; while other criteria need to be considered in order to raise the levels of social participation in the Council studied