Continuidade e descontinuidade administrativa em governos locais: fatores que sustentam a ação pública ao longo dos anos

• Autor(a) principal: Nogueira, Fernando do Amaral
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10438/2423
• topic: Administração pública; Administração municipal - Brasil; Administração local - Brasil; Políticas públicas - Brasil; Desenvolvimento regional - Brasil

This dissertation studies the issue of continuity and discontinuity of public policies in local governments. Even though public managers, researchers and journalists commonly discuss such phenomena, there are few theoretical studies that further our understanding on them. Previous findings point to the “democratic paradox” it entails: administrative discontinuity is generally regarded as undesirable, but it also embodies one of the basic foundations of democracy – that the shift of political power may bring changes to priorities and public procedures. Furthermore, both events – continuity and discontinuity – may be more intertwined than one could judge in a superficial analysis. Lastly, a few studies suggest that there may be more continuity than common sense would believe, even though the factors that explain this reality still need to be better developed. The present study aims to expand the understanding on some of the factors that favor the administrative continuity of public policies in local governments in Brazil. The theoretical part of this dissertation includes a revision of public policy frameworks used as a basis to assess the empirical research. There is also a review on the characteristics of local development policies, chosen as the object of study. Three case studies on different local development policies were then carried out. The cases were chosen from experiences in the Programa Gestão Pública e Cidadania, selecting projects developed in cities over 200 thousand inhabitants and that have endured at least three municipal elections. The final cases selected are the “Programa de Coleta Seletiva de Lixo” (selective garbage collection) of Embu (State of São Paulo), the “Programa de Produção Associada com Garantia de Renda Mínima” (production and income generation) of Jundiaí (State of São Paulo) and the “Instituição Comunitária de Microcrédito Portosol” (microcredit) of Porto Alegre (State of Rio Grande do Sul). The findings point to at least four factors that contribute to the continuity of public experiences in local governments. Firstly, it is important to carry out intentional measures to do so. In addition, both technical and political issues are equally significant. Finally, there are evidences that the insertion of the project or institution into consistent coalitions is positively associated with its continuity.