Paths Toward the Democratization of Health in Brazil: Trends and Tensions in the National Health Council
Democracy. National Health Council. Health Policy. Competing Projects.
This dissertation project addresses the disputes between competing health projects that are in constant conflict. It therefore aims to analyze the advances and limits of the democratization of the State in decision-making processes surrounding the health agenda within the National Health Council (CNS).Regarding the theoretical-methodological approach, the research is qualitative in nature, based on bibliographic and documentary analysis, and is structured along two paths. The first emphasizes scientific works that enable dialogue with central categories of the debate, drawing on authors such as Coutinho (2000; 2008), Nogueira (2011), Florestan (1981), Gramsci (2000), Bravo (2008), Soares (2010; 2020), and Correia (2009; 2015). The second path consists of documentary research that examines materials produced by the National Health Council (CNS), specifically meeting minutes, motions, and recommendations from 2019 to 2024, with the aim of understanding deliberations on Brazilian public health policy and the power relations present within this space.It is understood that the proposed investigation may contribute to identifying possibilities for tensioning and strengthening social participation, in favor of a more democratic management of social policies.