Abstract
Brazilian legal frameworks have addressed social participation as a structural axis. However, there is a need to examine the extent to which such policies incorporate social participation through mobilization and if they effectively enhance social control. This is the purpose of this article. It presents an overview of social participation in major public policies in health, sanitation and education, from the Federal Constitution of 1988 until the present day. The methodology is a study guided by the qualitative method of bibliographical-documentary research, conducted through the content analysis of legal frameworks in which social participation appears. From this study, it was observed that the Brazilian public policies advanced concerning the discourse on social control in public policies, but we still have a long way to go in terms of effective mobilization for social control. The National Environmental Education and Social Mobilization for Sanitation Program can be the starting point for this process of realization of social participation.
Keywords:
Environmental Education; Social Participation; Sanitation; Public Health