(Dis)Connections Between State and Society in Brazil: A Study on the Experience of Constructing Cisterns in the Semiarid Region

• Autor(a) principal: Cordeiro Neto, José Raimundo
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: de Andrade, Jackeline Amantino, Medeiros Marinheiro, José Emanuel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Administração Pública e Gestão Social
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufv.br/apgs/article/view/5128
• topic: Governança pública; Gestão social; Cisternas; Semiárido brasileiro; Relações Estado-Sociedade

Renewing the State-Society relationship in Brazil has been the subject on the agenda in recent decades. In this debate, there are theoretical perspectives such as the Public Governance and Social Management, with their own characteristics and some convergences. Beside the theoretical reflection, considerable experience has been undertaken in the country through collaborative forms of management between government and other social actors. To reflect on this phenomenon, this article made use of a qualitative research model, addressing such experience within the water security policy in the Brazilian semiarid region. From this case, we seek to highlight and discuss renewed ways of management forged in the experience by providing collective solutions through the active role of families and local organizations. It is noted, however, the persistence of challenging constraints such as the tendency to circumvent problems in view of the multiple logics involved, through mechanisms that inhibit the realization of greater civic engagement. Keywords: Public Governance; Social management; cisterns; Brazilian semiarid region.