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1735/2011 - Participatory potential and deliberative function: a debate on the expansion of democracy through the health councils
Potencial participativo e função deliberativa: um debate sobre a ampliação da democracia por meio dos conselhos de saúde

Author:

• José Patrício Bispo Júnior - Bispo Júnior, J.P. - Jequié, Bahia - Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) Instituto Multidisciplinar de Saúde-Campus Anísio Teixeira - <jpatricio@ufba.br>

Co-author(s):

• Silvia Gerschman - Gerschman,S. - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - ENSP-FIOCRUZ - <gerschman@ensp.fiocruz.br>

Thematic Area:

Ciências Sociais

Abstract:

This article reflects on the relation between democracy and health councils. It tries to analyze the councils as a space for the expansion of democracy. First, we present some characteristics and principles of the liberal democratic regime, with emphasis to the minimalist and procedural approach of the decision-making. Then, we discuss about the fragilities of the representative model and the establishment of new relations between the Government and society, towards the new social grammar and the complexity of the sharing of the Governmental and societal responsibilities. Later, it’s presented the principles of the participatory democracy and the idea of substantive democracy. The expansion of democracy is understood not as the guarantee of civil and political rights only, but, mainly, of the social rights. Finally, from the discussion of the participation and deliberation categories, the health councils are analyzed as potential mechanisms for the expansion of democracy.

Keywords:

Health councils Democracy Participation Deliberation

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Bispo Júnior, J.P., Gerschman,S.. Participatory potential and deliberative function: a debate on the expansion of democracy through the health councils. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Nov). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/participatory-potential-and-deliberative-function-a-debate-on-the-expansion-of-democracy-through-the-health-councils/9035?id=9035



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