Gestão democrática e participativa: os desafios em consolidar a participação popular em Poá SP

Abstract

Through a case study in the city of Poá – SP, this study sought to understand the challenges faced by public managers in fostering public participation in city management. Therefore, based on studies made by other researchers on the subject, the concept of Democratic and Participative Management was conceptualized as the way that public managers manage the available resources in conjunction with society, were also identified some instruments of popular participation were identified, and the importance of society participation in Public Management and the role and posture of public managers facing these challenges were discussed. Using qualitative research, bibliographic research about Democratic and Participative Management was done, as well as interviews with eight city councilmen and one cabinet chief of the City Council. In the presented results, it can be observed that some of the identified difficulties, such as lack of availability, lack of incentive and lack of political instruction of the population can be overcome, firstly, by the representatives, without discarding the need for popular interest as one of the factors of the consolidation process. Lastly, it is suggested the realization of new research about the topic and the study object of the present research from the point of view of other actors involved in the process of democratic and participative city management.