The Values and Instruments of Social Management: a Multiple Case Study of Councils for the Rights of Children and Adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Elizabeth Aparecida da Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Cabral, Eloisa Helena de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Gestão Pública e Cidadania (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/cgpc/article/view/4799

With the political openness and the advent of the 1988 Federal Constitution, the participation of civil society in public polities grows in importance and therefore participation means and mechanisms are built up. Among them, we find the Councils for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (CMDCA). This paper identifies the values of national policies, values of the public space and instruments of social management that guide the decision-making process of chairmen and councilors. The research relied on a multiple case study on CMDCA, supported by CEMIG. The methodology included preliminary considerations, the exploratory stage with questionnaires administration, bibliographic review and document analysis of the By-laws and the Council Resolutions. Schwartz's value inventory was used as reference in the construction of the questionnaire. Findings reported that the instruments of social management are still practices that need to be implemented, that the values of the public space and national policies are part of the decision-making process, that the perceptions of the relevance differ, that is, are not perceived in the same order of importance, indicating a relationship of conflict between chairmen and councilors. Keywords: councils; values; social management; public policies; territory.