PT mode to rule the municipalities: transformations and challenges

Abstract

This article explores the PT way of governing in municipal administrations, focusing on health. Recognizing that it does not have with register the hundreds of municipal experiences, which are unique and very plural, Seeks to reflect on the devices developed in some municipalities as an example of possibilities of building a qualified management and centered on people and not only in administrative and bureaucratic arrangements. Its center is the reflection on primary care, mental health care and alcohol and drugs, the way of caring centered on people and management arrangements. A bet on the possibility of transforming people's lives when management is committed to the defense of life.