The participation of citizens in public policies in Brazil began to be exercised in a more systematic and institutionalized manner after the redemocratization of the State at the end of the 1980s. It is not that Brazilian society has only awakened to participatory action in this period. After all, it is a process of political maturation, in which “participation is conquest,” as Demo (1999) states. Due to the strong social mobilization that took place during the constituent process, the 1988 Federal Constitution itself began to provide for citizen participation in the public policies management at the federal, state, and municipal levels. Society called for direct participation in government decisions, reacting to the military dictatorship that prevailed from 1964 to 1985.
Since the 1970s, social movements have been promoted by the Basic Ecclesial Communities (CEBs). Emerged around 1975 in the.
