Participação social na assistência social: importância do conselho do tema

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the publications on Social Participation in Social Assistance published in Brazil. As methodology, a bibliometric study of exploratory and descriptive scope was carried out, through the Scielo database, from the descriptors participation and social assistance in the search engine, appearing in the summary of the manuscripts, which after applying the eligibility criteria, resulted in 20 studies included. From the data analyzed, we can see the largest number of publications in the year 2020, and the journals with the most publications related to the topic were: Revista Sociologia e Política, Revista de Administração Pública, Opinião Pública and Revista Katálisys. The most used method was the qualitative study. The most recurrent subject in the surveys was Participation, followed by Social Assistance Council and the most frequent populations in the surveys were Councilors for Social Assistance and Other Policies and Councils for Social Assistance. As considerations, the research allowed to establish an overview of the theme, inferring from this, the importance of the councils for the representation of the segments and the possibilities for the continuity of research in the area.