A participação social nos conselhos municipais de cultura da Baixada Fluminense

Abstract

In the area of culture in recent years, there has been an increase opportunities for participation. From the restructuring of the National Ministry of Culture (MINC) in 2003 there were several changes in the formulation of cultural policies. Thus, various participatory bodies were created as Councils, Boards, Commissions and Conferences to formulate cultural policies. Thus, this project aims to analyze the process of social participation in the Municipal Councils of Baixada Fluminense of Culture. For this, the 13 municipalities of the Baixada Fluminense will be studied: Belford Roxo, Duque de Caxias, Guapimirim, Itaguaí, Japeri, Mage, Mesquita, Nilópolis, Nova Iguaçu, Paracambi, Queimados, São João de Meriti and Seropédica. According Bordenave (1983), Social Participation must be earned through organizing groups claiming the political, economic and social these groups. Thus, the municipal councils of cultural policies are one of the elements set out in the National Culture System (CNS) to expand social participation in cultural policy decisions. This research, in order to achieve the proposed goals, used the qualitative perspective, according to Minayo (2012). This approach seeks to understand the meanings and values of social reality that can not be quantified. Therefore, it was used as data collection mechanisms documentary research, observation and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was done through content analysis, which aims to categorize the interviews and data according to phrases, words and contents (ROESCH, 1996). From the data analysis it was concluded that the social participation process in municipal culture councils of the Baixada Fluminense happens to a limited extent due to the nature of public policy that determines the structure of these, and other factors that influence the dynamics of social participation as the management characteristics and also the influence of power relations of those involved.