SILVA, Vicente Alenir da; ROSA, Maristela da    BINKOWSKI, Patrícia. Sociopolitical involvement in city environmental councils of Canela and São Francisco de Paula/RS. []. , 22, 54, pp.467-481. ISSN 2175-1390.

The Municipal Environmental Councils (CMMA) were created with the aim of advising the executive branch on issues related to the environment and serving as a forum for decision-making. In these councils, political involvement and representation are important and their observance is essential so that their agendas are effectively discussed. The aim of this article is to analyze the sociopolitical involvement in the CMMA of the municipalities of Canela and São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul. The analyzes were carried out based on data from bibliographic and documentary research, from 2013 to 2017. It was concluded that sociopolitical involvement, in both deliberative instances, is still precarious, having as obstacles the disparity of representativeness and non-action effectiveness of the advisers. However, it is understood as fundamental the constitution of the CMMA in the two municipalities, highlighting the environmental struggles and the democratic and transforming character of these spaces.

: Representativeness; Politics; Democracy; Environmental legislation; Environmental issue.

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