title: From a policy of inequality to a proposal of equity: political processes and health care in the municipality of São Paulo.
abstract: A tentative analysis is made of the recent São Paulo experience in health care management, in which the chief guideline has been to create institutional space for grass-roots and health worker participation within the State apparatus. The analysis takes Brazil's recent health policies and the so-called Sanitary Reform movement as reference points. The issue is approached from the angle of democracy and democracy's possibilities in the context of a society characterized by tremendous social inequalities, and in the context of the current international and national neoliberal offensive.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contemporânea-CEDEC, São Paulo, Brazil.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006285:Health Planning; D006291:Health Policy; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D011057:Politics; D012935:Social Justice; D014505:Urban Population