Democratização ou assimetria da representação

Notas sobre os Conselhos Estaduais de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional DOI:10.5007/2175-7984.2010v9n16p115

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ID7355160
AuthorsJoana Moura (0000-0001-9561-1063, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Joana Tereza Vaz De Moura, Lorena Madruga Monteiro (0000-0002-3720-7684, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)
Year2010
Volume9
Issue16
Publication date2010-05-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolítica & Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1677-4140 • E-ISSN: 2175-7984
PublisherUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5007/2175-7984.2010v9n16p115
OpenAlexW2124157839
LanguagePT
Citations received3
References cited1

Councils are a key institutional innovation within the Brazilian post-1988 constitutional framework. They are structured so as to include representatives of civil society and the State within the same arena. The aim of this article is to engage in critical discussion on the representation of social organizations within these arenas. Our hypothesis suggests that representatives often distance themselves so much from their social base that they actually become a sort of elite. Thus, we raise the issue of whether the formal democratic structure and mechanisms that these councils incorporate are enough to guarantee a diversity of representatives and representational practices, or if, through the social and political resources that representatives hold, gaps between constituents’ demands and representatives’ actions re-emerge, notwithstanding the normative precepts of equality that the councils themselves advocate. Keywords: councils, elites, representation

Art · Civil society · Democracy · Elite · Humanities · Legislature · Normative · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Law · Rural Development and Agriculture · Social and Economic Solidarity · Social and Political Issues

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