Ombudsman: Bureaucracy, Sistem and Public Sphere

Observing the increasing demand for social inclusion and participation in public sphere, we analyze the functioning of Ombudsman in Brazil. As a working hypothesis, we think they can act as channels opening cognitive of the subsystems that integrate Public Administration. We aim this establish an interdisciplinary dialogue between sociology, law and philosophy. For that purpose, we chose Max Weber, Niklas Luhmann and Jürgen Habermas to better understanding the relationship between the ombudsman and the public sphere. In Weber, we analyzed bureaucracy and patrimonial domination. Niklas Luhmann provides the foundation for understanding the social system. Habermas, in turn, offers arguments about the relationship between public sphere and participatory citizenship. To accomplish our purpose, we mapped the national system of ombudsmen in Brazil; analyze statistical indicators and visited some Ombudsmen of Justice. The data collected in the Ombudsman indicate that they can enable a kind of social control institutions expanding the social significance of public sphere participatory. Hopefully, with this debate, encourage research into new arenas of social inclusion connecting large areas such as sociology, philosophy and law.