ABSTRACT
State, equity policies and social participation: participatory management experience in the construction and implementation of public policies. Can health become a space for construction of citizenship that contributes to the reduction of social inequalities? Can the limits of the Brazilian state be prohibitive for the development of a participative management, in which social movements should be able to, in fact, speak about and participate without losing their autonomy? This essay brings elements to this reflection and cites possible advances in such issues, from the implementation of equity policies in health, pointing out, also, potentialities of articulation between the Unified Health System management spheres, as a space, also, of participatory management.
KEYWORDS:
State; Health; Equity; Public policies