Descentralização de poder e institucionalidade dos mecanismos de gestão pública : estudo de caso de políticas públicas em municípios do Vale do Rio Pardo - RS.

Abstract

This research had as central interest of investigation to study the municipal administrative apparatus transformations on selected of the two Vale do Rio Pardo - RS municipalities during both government's last mandates. This study investigated their transformations, between 2001 and 2008. The municipalities selected were Santa Cruz do Sul and Venâncio Aires. The research aim was to identifiy how these municipalities administrations were transformed to answer the new challenges linked to a wider arenas in a region with roughly 420,000 inhabitants and 23 municipalities. This territory is included in the Regional Board of Development area (COREDE of Rio Pardo Valley). A significant set of the municipal actions, their inclusion in regional debates, as well as the intention of guiding these actions through the territorial level, beyond the municipal district, were studied; elsewhere every themes beyond de district responsibility are discursive matter than effective actions. In other words, definition of how the social and Federal Government initiatives to modernize municipal governments are effective to get new horizons over territory are still shy and poor. A mayor’s view of wide regional consensus upon sensible themes and issues for regional policies, originated in COREDE'S debates are scarcely admitted as a chance to reach new development targets.