Democratizing the governance of health services: the case of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil.

Abstract

This chapter discusses the Municipal Health Council of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, a municipality of around 150,000 people in the NE Brazilian state of Pernambuco, and on the motivations, personal histories and experiences of those who were part of Cabo's Municipal Health Council in 2003-05.

Citation

Cornwall, A. Democratizing the governance of health services: the case of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil. In: Spaces for Change? The Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas, Andrea Cornwall and Vera Schattan P. Coalho (eds), Vol 4 of Claiming Citizenship Series. Zed Books Limited, London and New York, (2007) ISBN 9781842775530 (paperback)

Democratizing the governance of health services: the case of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil.

Published 1 January 2007