DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL: DISSEMINATION OF COUNCILS OF PUBLIC POLICIES WITHIN THE FIELD OF TOURISM IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO

Authors

  • Cíntia Möller Araujo Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)

Keywords:

Participatory Democracy, Councils of public policies, Governance, Public Policies, Tourism

Abstract

In Brazil, since the enactment of the Federal Constitution of 1988, we have been witnessing the institutionalization of new mechanisms for political participation. Thus a variety of Councils of public policies arose and spread, in several spheres of Government and in the most varied sectors. These allowed possibilities of increasing the number of actors with power to intervene in public administration and public policies. This article is intended to evaluate the democratizing nature of these forums within the field of tourism public administration, via the analysis of some experiments going on in the State of São Paulo, namely: Tourism Municipal Council of São Paulo; Tourism Municipal Council of Socorro. We relied on a qualitative approach (case study) and concluded that although we have been experiencing an expansion in the participation of civil society in the public policy process, there remains a challenge with respect to the inclusion of some segments traditionally excluded from decision-making arenas.

Author Biography

  • Cíntia Möller Araujo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
    PhD em Administração Pública, Professora

Published

22.01.2012

Issue

Section

Papers/Extended Abstracts in Portuguese

How to Cite

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL: DISSEMINATION OF COUNCILS OF PUBLIC POLICIES WITHIN THE FIELD OF TOURISM IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO. (2012). Tourism & Management Studies, 396-406. https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/204

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