Recursos e poder: a capacidade dos conselheiros de influenciar o processo decisório no CMAS de Lavras por meio da posse de recursos

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of municipal councilors in the decisionmaking process of the Municipal Council of Social Assistance of the Municipality of Lavras from the possession of individual resources (education, income, motivation for action, etc.). and collective (organizational material, financial, etc.). For this, the qualitative research approach was used, with the accomplishment of Field and Documentary Research. To collect data from the field research, the present work used questionnaires and targeted the Municipal Councilors of CMAS-Lavras. In the Documentary Research phase, qualitative analyzes were performed in order to obtain the elucidation of the problem investigated. The objectives of this work were the search for elements that evidenced possible relations between the possession of the resources mentioned above and the ability of those actors to influence the deliberative process. Finally, we proceeded to the elaboration of discussions and conclusions about the investigated problem, within which it was inferred that there was little relationship between the possession of the analyzed resources and the influence of the actors in the deliberative process of the CMAS. It is hoped that the present research may raise the proposition of further studies on this extremely important theme, which is social participation.