Estudo da representação dos usuários da sociedade civil no Conselho Municipal de Saúde de Lavras - MG.

Abstract

The institutional configurations that they see forming in Brazil, have the purpose of integrating society with the State in the formulation of public policies. In this way, the councils are characterized by being a space for deliberation and oversight of public policies, formed by members of civil society and government. In this sense, this study was carried out with the objective of analyzing the effectiveness of the relations between representatives and represented in the Municipal Health Council of Lavras - MG. One of the specific objectives of this study is to understand the relations established in the space granted to the new forms of participation institutionalized within the framework of the relationship between government and society, built within the framework of the Council and also having as a goal, to highlight how legitimate are the relations of representation Among councilors representing the users. The justification for this study is the importance attributed to the dynamics that involve the participatory instances in the public actions in the health area. It was used qualitative approach and having as a source of data collection interview with seven councilors representing the users of the Municipal Council of Lavras. The results showed that the fact of being nominated or elected by vote, the authorization will only be considered legitimate when the intentionality of the representative refers his action to the council to a legitimate form of representation that considers minimally speaking on behalf of its represented.