Expansão das atividades governamentais locais : a paradiplomacia de Porto Alegre.

Abstract

Traditionally, the conduct of a nation's foreign relations was exclusively the responsibility of the central state, which exercises it through diplomacy. However, the emergence of new international actors, with the advent of globalization, gave rise to a scenario in which subnational government entities participate directly in international relations, a phenomenon known as paradiplomacy. In Brazil, Porto Alegre was a pioneering local government in the institution of a coordinating body for the international agenda of the bodies that comprise the municipal administration. Therefore, this research aims to analyze the development of the processes of insertion and international performance from the city of Porto Alegre, through a case study. To this end, the current research addresses the concept of paradiplomacy, the terminological discussion about the phenomenon and its typologies and characteristics, in addition to the paradiplomatic practice of local governments and the international articulation of the municipality of Porto Alegre, correlating the theoretical concepts of paradiplomacy with the study of concrete case. To carry out this study, descriptive research, the hypothetical-deductive method, case study, bibliographical research and documentary research were used, with emphasis on primary sources and official documents relating to the capital of Rio Grande do Sul. In addition, the municipality's official publication systems were consulted, as well as the citizen information service to obtain all normative and administrative acts relevant to this research. From the case study carried out, it was found that the period from 1989 to 2005 was the period of greatest internationalization in the city of Porto Alegre. In the meantime, the first institutional structure for international affairs was created, the Extraordinary Secretariat for Fundraising, a large part of the twinnings that the municipal entity maintains with other cities in the world were celebrated, in addition to the allocation of the largest portions of the municipality's annual budget to international relations.