The role of the state in public health policies: an overview of the debate on the concept of State and the Brazilian case

Authors

  • Umberto Catarino Pessoto Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo; Instituto de Saúde
  • Eduardo Augusto Werneck Ribeiro Instituto Federal Catarinense
  • Raul Borges Guimarães Universidade Estadual Paulista; Departamento de Geografia

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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902015000100001

Abstract

This article is the result of a narrative literature review. The objective is to show the development of an overview on the ideological debate on the design of state health policies. We argue that the role of the state in the development of health policy, even under the pressure of the global market, may create alternatives to promote and drive economic and social development, meaning they are not subject to economic constraints imposed by the liberal ideal of market. Here is a part of a theoretical discussion about the construction and presence of the State in Latin America, particularly in Brazil. We take the approaches of the Marxist tradition and liberal to the issue as reference. This discussion allows us to understand the historical role of the state in the maintenance of social policies, specifically health, is an alternative to public control eases the intense capital mobility promoted by economic globalization. In this sense, the theme makes the Brazilian health an important issue of social sciences, why is the historicity of the construction of the Brazilian health system, as a public policy that can mirror the actual reconstruction of the institutional framework of the Brazilian state with the establishment instances of negotiation between the various spheres of power that strengthen the state in this process of democratization of Brazilian society.

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2015-03-01

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The role of the state in public health policies: an overview of the debate on the concept of State and the Brazilian case. (2015). Saúde E Sociedade, 24(1), 9-22. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902015000100001