This article aims to understand the changes in political participation that have affected the relationship between the State and civil society in the public policies decision-making since the 2016 presidential impeachment in Brazil. For this, the article proposes the concept of institutional resilience, based on the combination of four types of literatures: studies dealing with resilience, institutional change, institutional participation and repertoires of collective action and interaction between state and social movements. Furthermore, it points out what are the factors that contribute to the resilience of some participatory institutions, based on the case study of the National Councils of Health and Women’s Rights, and the use of qualitative research techniques, namely, semi-structured interviews, participant observation and content analysis, examining the changes in strategies and repertoires of interaction with the State, inside and beyond the councils, and raising questions about the future of institutional participation in the country.
Intitucional resilience; Institutional participation; National councils; Health; Women’s rights