O conselho municipal de assistência social: um estudo de caso

Abstract

In this article, we intend, through a case study, to make a critical analysis of the effectiveness of the Municipal Council of Social Assistance in a medium-sized municipality, located in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo. In order to do so, we made a brief context about the councils in Brazil and presented a case study with the purpose of problematizing the municipal councils of Social Assistance - as a space for formulation, decision, supervision and social control of public policy of Social Assistance, analyzing its functioning, effectiveness and resonances since it is a body for deliberation of new actions of the public power in the municipal scope in which the civil society has significant influence in the decisions taken. The analyzes presented in this paper show how municipal councils are reduced to bureaucratic spaces in which the discussions are not usually politicized, nor do they problematize the actions, omissions, neglect and even negligence of the public power over their responsibilities, do not produce direct effects on the city's own functioning, as well as on its municipal secretariats, public policies, strategies, planning and program execution.