Teoria da democracia à luz da constituição: políticas públicas no estado democrático de direito

Abstract

The extent of the phenomena permeated by the different political processes does not concern only the mechanisms of power and those that have direct involvement with them. State, democracy, government and public policies are presented together and constitute the object of study of several fields, so that they are subject to multiple variables, whose systemic knowledge bears decisive relevance. This research comprises the following central theoretical notions, being guided in an articulated way: democracy, State, government, Constitution and public policies. Thus, the following problem arose: how to employ considerations of the theory of democracy for the improvement of public policies developed under the aegis of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil of 1988, constituted as a Democratic State of Law? Based on this guiding question, the following general objective was established: to research theoretical and practical knowledge applicable to the processes of public policy development within the scope of the Democratic State of Law and the 1988 Federal Constitution. Methodologically, this study is identified as a qualitative exploratory research, developed from the following techniques: bibliographic research and documentary research (collection of materials in legislation and jurisprudence). The selected technique for analyzing the collected data is content analysis, used frequently in the area to deepen the study of messages and statements (BARDIN, 2006), considering the complexity of the interrelated concepts, as well as the correlation between the practical-theoretical areas listed.