%0 Journal Article %T Participa£¿£¿o pol¨ªtica, efeitos e resultados em pol¨ªticas p¨²blicas: notas cr¨ªtico-anal¨ªticas %A Vaz %A Alexander Cambraia N. %J Opini£¿o P¨²blica %D 2011 %I Universidade Estadual de Campinas %R 10.1590/S0104-62762011000100006 %X the paper discusses potential linkages between political participation and the distribution of public goods and services at the local level. it considers a relation between greater participation and a better performance on the offer of public goods by governments by analyzing variables associated to managerial aspects. the study was conduced in eight brazilian cities. %K participation %K public policies evaluation %K distribution %K democratic theory %K local level studies. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-62762011000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en