“…The rise and multiplication of these representative spaces authorized by the state (i.e., councils) 1 opened the way for complexifying the notion of social participation and its ability 'to produce specific democratic goods' (Vello, 2018), reaching principles such as legitimacy, justice, authorization, and the genuine sharing of power (Prado, Araujo, Chamy, Dias, & Seixas, 2020). This also required diversification of levels of decentralization (Patsias, Latendresse, & Bherer, 2013), extension of deliberative processes (Gaspardo, 2018), and changes in the decisionmaking capacity of social actors (Schröter, Sessin-Dilascio, Jericó-Daminello, & Sattler, 2018). The focus turns to understanding the extent to which these democratic spaces allow the influence of citizens on public policies of government at its various levels (Fung & Wright, 2003).…”