Participação e controle social da política municipal de assistência social: um estudo de caso a partir da experiência da Rede Pintadas no município de Pintadas, Bahia no período de 2005 a 2010

Abstract

This work was developed together with Pintadas Network in the town of Pintadas, Bahia. The investigative question that guided this study was: how Pintadas Network has contributed to the construction and social control to the Social Policy in Pintadas municipality, Bahia, in the years 2005 to 2010. To answer this question were listed the following objectives: General: analyzed the importance of civil society participation in the Social Policy construction and social control in Pintadas, Bahia, specifically: a) study the performance of Painted Network in the construction and social control of Public Welfare Policy in Pintadas b) know the degree of participation of Painted Network and/or its affiliates in the Municipal Council of Social Service (MCSS) of the municipality of Painted, Bahia and c) evidence from the executive and legislative results provided by performance of Pintadas Network and its affiliates in the construction and social control of the Municipal Social Welfare Policy. The theoretical framework that enabled a critical analysis of reality observed decrease is proposed to study on civil society and social networks, social policy and social policy, participation and social control. In the investigative process was used as a type of study used descriptive research and qualitative approach to data collection were semi-structured interviews and document analysis. For data analysis we used the technique of content analysis to a better understanding of the issues proposed in the roadmap of the research. The study pointed to the evidence of social cohesion and a growing political force due to a process of social mobilization exerted by Network Painted. It is evident, however, a need for intensification of work within the social assistance policy so that it can break a definitive welfare practices.