Representação e experimentalismo democrático

uma abordagem das candidaturas e mandatos coletivos municipais em Belo Horizonte (2016-2022)

Abstract

The article aims to map collective and shared candidacies and mandates in Belo Horizonte in the 2016-2020 period. The aim is to characterize them and address their composition and represented segments, agendas and proposals, forms of participation. The approach to the collective and shared mandate experiences is guided by theoretical developments in the field of contemporary democratic theory, especially debates that point to the expansion of social participation and democratic experimentalism, as well as to the broadening and resignification of representation. The conception of collective and shared mandates potentially broadens the bases of legitimacy and political inclusiveness of representation. The methodology, of a qualitative nature, uses mainly surveys and documentary analysis, referring to the first experience of collective mandate initiated in 2017, called Gabinetona, and the six collective candidacies in 2020, which resulted in the reelection of a councilor of Gabinetona and the election of one councilor from ColetivA, which later resigns. Examining the trajectory of the experiences indicates the potentials, weaknesses and challenges of their collective construction and continuity.