A participação social nas políticas públicas locais de prevenção e erradicação do trabalho infantil no Brasil fundamentada na proteção integral do Direito da Criança e do Adolescente.

Abstract

The research consists in the study of social participation in local public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor in Brazil, based on democracy, citizenship and integral protection of the Right of Children and Adolescents. The problem considers democracy, the Right of children and adolescents and the system of guarantee of rights, in view of public policies in Brazil, questioning how they operate and what is the importance, at the local level, of spaces and instruments of social participation in the implementation of public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor. As for the hypothesis to the problem, in view of the democratic foundations of the Brazilian State, which ensure social participation in the implementation of public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor, it is perceived that the operationalization of spaces and instruments of social participation in public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor is limited and insufficient due to the complexity of the issue, cultural, political and economic causes, social disinterest, institutional bureaucracy and disregard of social and cultural capital. There is a need for greater valorization and improvement of spaces and instruments of citizen participation; therefore children and adolescents, accompanied by new mechanisms and local means, which provide better operationalization of public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor. The general objective seeks to research the democratic foundations of social participation, citizenship and integral protection, the Right of Children and Adolescents and the system of guarantee of rights, emphasizing its operationalization in the strategies of public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor in Brazil. The specific objectives are to describe the democratic foundations of the Right of Children and Adolescents within the framework of the theory of integral protection; systematize legal protection against the exploitation of child labor in Brazil; analyze the guidelines and strategic actions of the Child Labor Eradication Program; research the operationalization of spaces for social participation at local level of public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor; and to propose, at local level, the instruments of social participation in the implementation of public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor. The research is in connection with the proposal of the Graduate Program in Law of the UNISC, the area of concentration in Social Rights and Public Policies and the line of research Diversity and Public Policies. The approach method used was the hypothetical-deductive one and the procedure was the analytical one with use of bibliographic and documentary research techniques. Thus, although public policies for the prevention and eradication of child labor are challenging, when strategies and actions with social participation in democratic spaces and instruments are highlighted, more favorable results can be achieved. However, training and information, the recognition of active citizenship and human rights, local empowerment, mobilization and continued evaluation, in view of comprehensive protection and coping with child labor need to be presented with preponderance.