Controle social no âmbito do suas: Uma análise a partir da representação do Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social de Muritiba-Ba

Abstract

This research of course conclusion, entitled: Social Control in the scope of SUAS: an analysis from the representation of Municipal Council of Social Assistance (CMAS) in Muritiba-Ba, the main objective is identify affectionateness in the social control of CMAS in Muritiba, from the representation exercised by the counselors. It's worth mentioning that the council is only one of the social mechanism of control. In that way, we seek to emphasize It’s importance for the development of social welfare policy and the prospect of democratic citizenship embedded in it, pointing out the challenges for the exercise of representation endowed with representativeness. To guide the theoretical basis, we used the literature (books, scientific articles, web sites, etc.) by recognizing that it allows approaching, in terms of content, between the researcher and his object. Therefore, we realized a study on issues involving the themes, especially: laws that govern the actions of social welfare policy, It’s historic construction, the notion of extended state, social control, democracy, citizenship, political participation, and others. The research took place by conducting semi-structured interviews with seven representatives of the CMAS-Muritiba, four representatives from government and three from civil society. The results show that the challenges to materialize the social control on this council are many. It is a fragile representation, and because of it is needed continuous training of counselors and furthermore requires an education for active citizenship.