“…found, for example, in JACOBI and MONTEIRO, 2006;JACOBI, 2009;PERKINS, 2011); a balanced view recognising its potential and the great challenges to its success (see, e.g., MARCON and PHILIPPI JR., 2007;TORTAJADA, 2001;VEIGA and MAGRINI, 2013;VICTORINO, 2003); and even more sceptical views, sometimes from opposite ideological positions, regarding the possibility of making "the participatory dream" brought about by the Law come true (see, e.g., BISWAS, 2008;BRANNSTROM, CLARKE and NEW-PORT, 2004;MEDEIROS and SANTOS, 2009;SAITO, 2011;VALENCIO, 2009). This scepticism of the nature of participation in consultative and decision-making collegiate bodies is shared by a number of authors, who have pointed out the limited participation by civil society related, among other factors, to the quality, legitimacy and accountability of representation; the oligarchisation, co-optation and control of councils; and the suppression of conflicts and diversity of conceptions, intentions and projects (AGUIAR, 2011;CARNEIRO, 2005;MELLO, 2010;RAICHELLIS and EVANGELISTA, 2009;SPOSATI and LOBO, 1992).…”